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LOL, maybe it's a new sort of error that is yet to be named. I'll
suggest calling it an "Easter Egg Error". The MenuBuilder application
that ships with Captivate has similar errors. One is a generic error of
"F". The other is one that says "$ is not a valid integer". The weird
part is that both errors mean that the file you are linking to cannot be
found.
Cheers... Rick :)
Jan Cohen wrote:
> Curious myself, I did a little research of my (keywords: MSG_OPENDS TWRC_FAILURE bummer) and actually came up with what could be the source code that generates that error message. It's associated with an older Freeware TWAIN driver that could still be in use today.
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> Have a look at http://tinyurl.com/2fv8bu .
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> By the way, per that code, a "bummer" is defined as follows:
> BUMMER = TWCC_BUMMER; {/ * Failure due to unknown causes * / }jan cohen
> www.theshininglamp.com
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