--- quicklook/dataToXML/OrbitalRate.cpp	2006/05/23 13:48:05	1.3
+++ quicklook/dataToXML/OrbitalRate.cpp	2006/05/31 07:11:04	1.4
@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@
 	nevents = tr->GetEntries();
 	
 	bool timeFound = FALSE;
-	while ((i < nevents) | !timeFound){
+	while (i < nevents) {
 		tr->GetEntry(i);
 		recEntries = mcmdev->Records->GetEntries();
-		while ((j < recEntries) | !timeFound){
+		while (j < recEntries){
 			mcmdrc = (pamela::McmdRecord*)mcmdev->Records->At(j);
-			if (mcmdrc->ID1 == 0xE0){
+			if (not (mcmdrc == NULL) && mcmdrc->ID1 == 0xE0){
 			mcmddata = mcmdrc->McmdData;
 			timesync = (((ULong64_t)mcmddata->At(0)<<24)&0xFF000000) + 
 					(((ULong64_t)mcmddata->At(1)<<16)&0x00FF0000) + 
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@
 	i++;
 	}
 	
+	if (!timeFound) {
+		printf("No timesync info have been found in the file %s", base.Data());
+		exit(0);
+	}
 	tr = (TTree*)rootFile->Get("Physics");
 	TBranch *headBr = tr->GetBranch("Header");
 	tr->SetBranchAddress("Header", &eh);