diff --git a/doc/DeviceServerUsersGuide_en.doc b/doc/DeviceServerUsersGuide_en.doc
index 1e326554700989fc867a58203d0a5d117e319df9..a0e08d2b000d998579dcc9d4f95179e151b84c82 100644
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diff --git a/include/SocketException.h b/include/SocketException.h
index c4502328fe6d144f101974f0a6e2e118f43aae3f..7f06595033a70a6b57f7509e3a844982b10b84e7 100644
--- a/include/SocketException.h
+++ b/include/SocketException.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 // ============================================================================
 // DEPENDENCIES
 // ============================================================================
-#include "..\include\LecroyException.h"
+#include "LecroyException.h"
 
 namespace lecroy {
 
diff --git a/include/Waveform.h b/include/Waveform.h
index 3698c535de491504d969adabdafdad8a3c9a46de..a6d3ad4ef6b5bedc2dbf6dae2090f6d7d0fe1650 100644
--- a/include/Waveform.h
+++ b/include/Waveform.h
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ public:
 	//- DTOR
 	~WaveForm_data();
 
-	std::string	get_channel_name		 (void) throw (lecroy::LecroyException);
-	void		set_channel_name		 (std::string);
-WAVEDESC_BLOCK *get_wavedesc_descriptor  (void) throw (lecroy::LecroyException);
-	void		get_waveform_data		 (void) throw (lecroy::LecroyException);	//- acquire the waveform data from the scope
-	short*		get_raw_waveform_data (void) throw (lecroy::LecroyException);	     //- return the ptr on sh_raw_waveform_data
-	double* 	get_vertical_scaled_waveform_data (void) throw (lecroy::LecroyException);
-	std::string	get_trigger_time_value	 (void) throw (lecroy::LecroyException);
+	std::string	get_channel_name					(void) throw (lecroy::LecroyException);
+	void		set_channel_name					(std::string);
+	WAVEDESC_BLOCK *get_wavedesc_descriptor			(void) throw (lecroy::WaveformException);
+	void		get_waveform_data					(void) throw (lecroy::LecroyException);	//- acquire the waveform data from the scope
+	short*		get_raw_waveform_data				(void) throw (lecroy::LecroyException);	     //- return the ptr on sh_raw_waveform_data
+	double* 	get_vertical_scaled_waveform_data	(void) throw (lecroy::LecroyException);
+	std::string	get_trigger_time_value				(void) throw (lecroy::LecroyException);
 
 	
 
diff --git a/src/AcquireWaveformLecroy.cpp b/src/AcquireWaveformLecroy.cpp
index a2b3b7172d737ee26cf62672432c4f3f23d40e0a..d55d749544bc69ecce046c8de1b036aebe44d998 100644
--- a/src/AcquireWaveformLecroy.cpp
+++ b/src/AcquireWaveformLecroy.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-static const char *RcsId = "$Header: /users/chaize/newsvn/cvsroot/Instrumentation/AcquireWaveformLecroy/src/AcquireWaveformLecroy.cpp,v 1.4 2004-10-07 09:21:18 xavela Exp $";
+static const char *RcsId = "$Header: /users/chaize/newsvn/cvsroot/Instrumentation/AcquireWaveformLecroy/src/AcquireWaveformLecroy.cpp,v 1.5 2004-10-18 09:01:40 buteau Exp $";
 //+=============================================================================
 //
 // file :	  AcquireWaveformLecroy.cpp
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ static const char *RcsId = "$Header: /users/chaize/newsvn/cvsroot/Instrumentatio
 //
 // project :	  TANGO Device Server
 //
-// $Author: xavela $
+// $Author: buteau $
 //
-// $Revision: 1.4 $
+// $Revision: 1.5 $
 //
 // $Log: not supported by cvs2svn $
+// Revision 1.4  2004/10/07 09:21:18  xavela
+// xavier : no cout now.
+//
 // Revision 1.3  2004/10/05 13:11:11  xavela
 // Xavier : previous commit failed.
 //
@@ -231,6 +234,10 @@ void AcquireWaveformLecroy::init_device()
 		set_state(Tango::ON);
 		set_status("Ready to acquire waveform.");
 	}
+
+	/*	AB le constructeur de WaveForm_data ne lance pas d'exception WaveformException
+	// ce catch est donc inutile
+
 	catch(const lecroy::WaveformException &we)
 	{
 		set_state(Tango::ALARM);
@@ -244,6 +251,7 @@ void AcquireWaveformLecroy::init_device()
 			Tango::PANIC
 			);
 	}
+	*/
 }
 
 
@@ -307,6 +315,8 @@ void AcquireWaveformLecroy::always_executed_hook()
 	//- Get the waveform data and description( ADC resolution, horizontal and vertical infos, data length ...)
 	try
 	{
+		// First do a real read on the hardware
+		// 
 		waveform_ptr->get_waveform_data();
 		set_state(Tango::ON);
 		set_status("Waveform data acquired.");
@@ -375,10 +385,13 @@ void AcquireWaveformLecroy::read_attr_hardware(vector<long> &attr_list)
 	try
 	{
 		//- allocate memory for the two attributes
+		DEBUG_STREAM << "data_length = " << data_length << endl;
 		attr_rawWaveformData_read = new Tango::DevShort[data_length];
 		attr_verticalScaledData_read = new Tango::DevDouble[data_length];
-		cout << "data_length = " << data_length << endl;
 	}
+	//AB le new Tango::DevShort ne peut pas �chouer pour cause de DevFailed
+	// ==> on ne passera jamais dans ton catch
+	// Soit tu le supprimes, soit tu mets un catch (std::bad_alloc) 
 	catch(Tango::DevFailed &te)
 	{
 		set_state(Tango::ALARM);
diff --git a/src/Waveform.cpp b/src/Waveform.cpp
index 0e72c2381d829a5c7cf39104974fa514ba77bfaa..0951cceb689f58211f66c875e7f0ded0055e8ae5 100644
--- a/src/Waveform.cpp
+++ b/src/Waveform.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ WaveForm_data::WaveForm_data(std::string ch_name)
 	channel_name = ch_name;
 	sh_raw_waveform_data = NULL;
 	vertical_scaled_waveform_data = NULL;
-	trigger_time_value = "Not avaiable";
+	trigger_time_value = "Not available";
 	//- the memory allocation is done in the get_waveform_data( ) method
 	ptrRawData = 0;
 }
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ WaveForm_data::WaveForm_data(std::string ch_name)
 WaveForm_data::~WaveForm_data()
 {
 	if(ptrRawData)
-
 	{
 		delete [] ptrRawData;
 		ptrRawData = 0;
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ WaveForm_data::~WaveForm_data()
 }
 
 //- Method to return the channel name
-std::string  WaveForm_data::get_channel_name( ) throw (lecroy::LecroyException)
+std::string  WaveForm_data::get_channel_name( ) throw (lecroy::WaveformException)
 {
 	std::string error = " channel_name is not initialized !";
 
@@ -174,6 +173,9 @@ short	OFFSET_STRUCT = 0;
 	{
 		SocketLecroy::get_instance( )->TCP_ReadDevice(ptrRawData,length,&response_length);
 	}
+	//AB  A quoi sert le catch ici 
+	// si tu ne traitespas l''exception , alors il ne sert � rien de faire un catch 
+
 	catch(const lecroy::SocketException &)
 	{
 		throw;
@@ -253,6 +255,8 @@ double* WaveForm_data::get_vertical_scaled_waveform_data( ) throw (lecroy::Lecro
 }
 
 //- Method to return the trigger time of the acquired waveform
+//AB cette methode ne fait pas de throw ==> la signature est fausse
+
 std::string	WaveForm_data::get_trigger_time_value ( ) throw (lecroy::LecroyException)
 {