Hi Peter
Thank you for such a fast reply.
Re your question as to why I set the program up as I did..
I was trying everything to get a handle on how it all worked..
This whole topic is new to me I come from the pure business area
with relational databases and wizards and a bit of VB!
So I have a steep learning curve here.
I have reset the system as you advised.
I received an error on loading the Viper.
FSUIPC Acces Error
one of your programs is not accredited for accsess
to an unregistered copy of FSUIPC...etc
Below is the first few lines of the log.
Dick B
********* FSUIPC, Version 3.14 by Pete Dowson *********
User Name=""
User Addr=""
FSUIPC not user registered
WIDEFS not user registered, or expired
[Continuation log requested by user]
Module base=61000000
ClassOptions: UIPCMAIN=FF7F, FS98MAIN=FF7F, FS2KMAIN=FF5E
WeatherOptions(Orig)=0000B027[0000B027]
InitDelay: 0 seconds
WeatherReadInterval=4
83860 System time = 12:21:45, FS2004 time = 10:15:16 (17:15Z)
83860 WeatherOptions set, now 0000B027 (timer=0)
104485 AIRCRAFT\VIPER\VIPER.air
109594 Searching for IPC module user ...
109625 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\GAUGES\F16.GAU
109625 not listed in Key file
109625 READ0 3304, 4 bytes: 00 00 40 31
109625 READ0 3308, 4 bytes: 07 00 DE FA
109625 WRITE0 (failed, read-only!) 330A, 2 bytes: 4C 04
109625 Illegal read attempt: offset F000, size 2
189641 ### IPC Message processed in 80016mSecs ###
189641 Searching for IPC module user ...
189641 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\GAUGES\F16.GAU
189641 Illegal read attempt: offset F002, size 2
189641 READ0 3304, 4 bytes: 00 00 40 31
189641 READ0 3308, 4 bytes: 07 00 DE FA
189641 WRITE0 (failed, read-only!) 330A, 2 bytes: 4C 04
189891 READ0 3304, 4 bytes: 00 00 40 31
189891 READ0 3308, 4 bytes: 07 00 DE FA
189891 WRITE0 (failed, read-only!) 330A, 2 bytes: 4C 04
189891 Illegal read attempt: offset F000, size 2
189891 Illegal read attempt: offset F002, size 2
189891 READ0 3304, 4 bytes: 00 00 40 31
189891 READ0 3308, 4 bytes: 07 00 DE FA
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