Dear Fellow Programmers:
  Can someone please help me ... the following code doesn't trap
  improper numeric input ... where have I gone wrong PLEASE ??
Thanks, Doug.
{---------------------}
    try
      {still causes the program to raise an ugly exception here:}
      kidanswer:=strtoint(AnswerBox.text);
    except
      on EConvertError do
      begin
        ResultLbl.Caption:='Use Numbers Only';
        bailout:=true;
      end;
    end;
{---------------------}
PS: Please email me ..... d...@neumann.une.edu.au
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Ha!  I had this problem also.

If I remember correctly, the reason is hidden away on the Environment
Options screen under Debugging.   Switch off Break on exception and
your code should work as expected.

Jiff

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