--- branches/new_design/OOPSE-4/src/UseTheForce/EAM_FF.cpp	2004/11/03 16:08:43	1701
+++ branches/new_design/OOPSE-4/src/UseTheForce/EAM_FF.cpp	2004/11/03 18:00:36	1702
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace EAM_NS{
       if( eam_Frhovals != NULL ) delete[] eam_Frhovals;	
     }
 
-    LinkedAtomType* find(char* key){ 
+    LinkedAtomType* find(const char* key){ 
       if( !strcmp(name, key) ) return this;
       if( next != NULL ) return next->find(key);
       return NULL;
@@ -527,11 +527,11 @@ void EAM_FF::initializeAtoms( int nAtoms, Atom** the_a
   
   for( i=0; i<nAtoms; i++ ){
     
-    currentAtomType = headAtomType->find( the_atoms[i]->getType() );
+    currentAtomType = headAtomType->find(the_atoms[i]->getType().c_str() );
     if( currentAtomType == NULL ){
       sprintf( painCave.errMsg, 
 	       "AtomType error, %s not found in force file.\n",
-	       the_atoms[i]->getType() );
+	       the_atoms[i]->getType().c_str() );
       painCave.isFatal = 1;
       simError();
     }