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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have successfully compiled the <span class=SpellE>GALib</span>
and MFC demo&#8217;s under Visual C++ 6, however when I run the <span
class=SpellE>tspdemo</span> there seems to be a problem. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;</span>I have tracked it down the &#8216;configure&#8217;
function call.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>When it calls: _<span class=SpellE>theGA</span>-&gt;<span
class=GramE>minimize(</span>); <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;</span>it seems
to get caught in a loop and never escapes.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;
</span>Then when I step into this function it doesn&#8217;t seem to get the
write population size.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Has anyone else encountered a similar problem and if
so how did you solve it?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks for any help that you can give.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Douglas</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Douglas McNab - Research Assistant</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>CUE - Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font size=2 color=black
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  font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
 size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
 mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'> of </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
  size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
  mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'>Strathclyde</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'>, </span></font><st1:Street><st1:address><font
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  mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'>204
  George Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place><st1:City><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
  lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
  Arial;color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'>Glasgow</span></font></st1:City><font
 size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
 mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'>, </span></font><st1:PostalCode><font
  size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
  mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'>G1
  1XW</span></font></st1:PostalCode></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
mso-no-proof:yes'>Tel: +44 (0)141 548 3477 Fax: +44 (0)141 548 2950</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="http://www.cue.ac.uk">http://www.cue.ac.uk</a></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
mso-no-proof:yes'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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