--- trunk/OOPSE-4/src/utils/ElementsTable.cpp	2008/01/24 21:38:53	3335
+++ trunk/OOPSE-4/src/utils/ElementsTable.cpp	2008/10/16 18:17:41	3462
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
  * @version 1.0
  */
 
+#include <iostream>
 #include "config.h"
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <string>
 #include <fstream>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include "utils/ElementsTable.hpp"
 #include "utils/simError.h"
 #include "io/basic_ifstrstream.hpp"
@@ -75,7 +78,6 @@ namespace oopse {
     RealType red, green, blue;
 
     // skip comment line (at the top)
-    
     if (line[0] != '#')  {
       sscanf(line,"%d %5s %lf %*f %lf %d %lf %lf %lf %lf %lf %lf %lf %255s",
              &num,
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ namespace oopse {
                                  elNeg, ionize, elAffin, red, green, blue, 
                                  name);
       elements_.push_back(ele);
+
     }
   }
 
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ namespace oopse {
     return elements_.size();
   }
 
-  char *ElementsTable::GetSymbol(int atomicnum) {
+  const char *ElementsTable::GetSymbol(int atomicnum) {
     if (!init_)
       Init();
     
@@ -291,21 +294,28 @@ namespace oopse {
       buffer = getenv(envvar_.c_str());
       buffer += FILE_SEP_CHAR;
       
+
+
+
       if (!subdir_.empty()) {
         subbuffer = buffer;
         subbuffer += subdir_;
         subbuffer += FILE_SEP_CHAR;
       }
       
+
+      
       buffer += filename_;
       subbuffer += filename_;
+
       
       ifs1.open(subbuffer.c_str());
       ifsP= &ifs1;
-      if (!(*ifsP)) {
+      if (!(ifsP->is_open())) {
         ifs2.open(buffer.c_str());
         ifsP = &ifs2;
       }
+      
     } else {
       sprintf( painCave.errMsg,
                "ElementsTable error.\n"
@@ -318,25 +328,25 @@ namespace oopse {
     if ((*ifsP)) {
       while(ifsP->getline(charBuffer,BUFF_SIZE))
         ParseLine(charBuffer);
-          
-    if (ifs1)
-      ifs1.close();
-    if (ifs2)
-      ifs2.close();
-    if (ifs3)
-      ifs3.close();
-    if (ifs4)
-      ifs4.close();
+
+      if (ifs1)
+	ifs1.close();
+      if (ifs2)
+	ifs2.close();
+      if (ifs3)
+	ifs3.close();
+      if (ifs4)
+	ifs4.close();
+      
+      if (GetSize() == 0) {
+	sprintf( painCave.errMsg,
+		 "ElementsTable error.\n"
+		 "\tCannot initialize database %s \n", filename_.c_str());
+	painCave.isFatal = 0;
+	simError();
+      }
     
-    if (GetSize() == 0) {
-      sprintf( painCave.errMsg,
-               "ElementsTable error.\n"
-               "\tCannot initialize database %s \n", filename_.c_str());
-      painCave.isFatal = 0;
-      simError();
     }
-    
-    }
   
   }
 }