1) The line.

lang pref

should be marked as a comment with a * sign at the begin of the line

2) the dot after the numbers should be removed.

check file : LABELBLOCK LABEL label_dm2 1 Spanish 2 English END LABEL label_dm4 1 nuevo 2 previa END END

The type of dm2 and dm4 must be integer of size 1 (#)

Message recieved:

The check file C:\Documents and Settings\Susan Caplan\My Documents\database diss\databaseimmigrant.chk contains the following errors:

Value is not compatible with this field type in line 33: COMMENT LEGAL USE label_dm2

Value is not compatible with this field type in line 46: COMMENT LEGAL USE label_dm4

LABELBLOCK LABEL label_dm2 lang pref 1. Spanish 2. English END LABEL label_dm4 1. nuevo 2. previa END

1. What is wrong with the field types in the above variables?
2. The above message continues repeating and I am not allowed to edit/revise

checks, but must clear all checks to get back into check dialogue

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