i have some code that peter's xml editor says is ok, and it runs in a test gauge but when i put it in the real gauge the gauge dies...admittedly ugly coding but terminaly?? need a beautican...make it pretty..plz it was placed at the top of a gauge just after the macro section and above the 1st it contains the only Gvars in the gauge...i am stumped.(A:Autopilot altitude lock var, feet) 1000 / near (>G:Var1) (A:INDICATED ALTITUDE, feet) 1000 / near (>G:Var2) (G:Var1) (G:Var2) - (>G:Var3) (G:Var3) 10 > if{ 10 (>G:Var3) } (G:Var3) -10 < if{ -10 (>G:Var3) }

got a solution, its as ugly but as functional as the code.make G:Var3 into a L:var and use the L:var in the real gauge and leave the test gauge as a value creater gauge.

Code that works is like Honky Tonk Jane; might look kinda ugly and a little flabby around the edges, but is still pretty good stuff.Glenn