Ignacio, Other list folk have already correctly responded to this question, so I'll just add my vote for the fact that the CALC block input values will NOT change during a run from STEP01 to STEP50 as long as the block is coded to run from top to bottom in a single BPC. If you did something unusual like take different paths through the logic each scan (i.e. branching), it would be possible for the values to be seen differently by different steps. But, NOT if all steps are executed in the same BPC. Regards, Doug Lloyd DGL Controls -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of IQUEIROLOO@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 8:47 AM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] CALC block Hi list, I have a question about the CALC block. Suppose that we have a = CALC block with this instruction in the first line: Step 1 IN RI01 and the same instruction is repeated in the 40th line, as follows: Step 40 IN RI01 If the value of RI01 has changed in the time between those two steps in = the same BPC, the values that the block will read will be different?. Suppose that the CALC block and the block where the value of the RI01 = comes from are in the same compound. Thanks, Ignacio Queirolo Olivera Repsol YPF Tel: +54 221 429-8400 ext. 26481 Fax: +54 221 429-8400 ext. 26272 mailto:iqueiroloo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx AVISO LEGAL: Esta informaci=F3n es privada y confidencial y est=E1 dirigida = =FAnicamente a su destinatario. Si usted no es el destinatario original = de este mensaje y por este medio pudo acceder a dicha informaci=F3n por = favor elimine el mensaje. La distribuci=F3n o copia de este mensaje = est=E1 estrictamente prohibida. Esta comunicaci=F3n es s=F3lo para = prop=F3sitos de informaci=F3n y no debe ser considerada como propuesta, = aceptaci=F3n ni como una declaraci=F3n de voluntad oficial de REPSOL YPF = S.A. y/o subsidiarias y/o afiliadas. La transmisi=F3n de e-mails no = garantiza que el correo electr=F3nico sea seguro o libre de error. Por = consiguiente, no manifestamos que esta informaci=F3n sea completa o = precisa. Toda informaci=F3n est=E1 sujeta a alterarse sin previo aviso.=20 This information is private and confidential and intended for the = recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient of this message = you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or = copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is = for information purposes only and shall not be regarded neither as a = proposal, acceptance nor as a statement of will or official statement = from REPSOL YPF S.A. and/or subsidiaries and/or affiliates. Email = transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, = we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it = should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change = without notice. _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave