Segment() is fussy about overshooting the end

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I'm getting the following message box in the Blocks:
segment() is fussy about overshooting the end

Not sure what it means and its not connected to any block, its just floating...

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Can you show us a screenshot of that message together with a screenshot of your blocks?

Taifun

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Screenshot (51)
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That looks like a disembodied comment bubble.

Try the Hide All comments right click option to quiet its moaning, until you can seek out the source of its pain.

If the haunting persists,
(Canned Reply: ABG- Export & Upload .aia)
Export your .aia file and upload it here.

export_and_upload_aia

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so we can try an exorcism.

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Hiding all did the job... Now how do I "seek the source of its pain" since I'm not sure what the message is about..

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Your blocks probably contain some code copied from other projects, in particular one that uses the text segment block.

That block is used to pick out parts of text based on its location and length. It is fragile, and can easily be poisoned with unexpected input. That comment block was probably left by the code author to warn subsequent users of their code.

So expand all your blocks, and read them.

You might learn something surprising.

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Thanks for the input. The project is very big, and it already got corrupted (an hour ago), thank god I had a local copy on my PC. I might have copied stuff from others, but most of the code is mine, I do use a bunch of extensions though...
I will expand the blocks and follow your advise.

Thanks for your time and assistance.