Chris, No, you cannot open the user POI file in an editor. You can only open it within the GPS program. Mike At 09:20 AM 8/16/2004, you wrote: >I was under the impression that one could cup entries from a user.poi file >and paste them into another one and I'm not sure if this impression is an >accurate one. I opened my user.poi file with Wordpad and it was all code >with nothing that made sense in text format. Can someone help? > >Kris >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Les Kriegler" <lkriegl1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:52 AM >Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: GPS POI Files > > > > Hi Chris, > > > > So those two files are from version 2? I have a CD, and I guess there > > are files from version 2 and 3? It sounds like I should delete those > > two files from my poi directory on the flash card. Thanks. > > Best Regards, > > > > Les > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris G > > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:23 AM > > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: GPS POI Files > > > > > > yes. > > you don't need the old east or west poi files from version 2.0 > > > > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > > > On 8/16/2004 at 10:41 AM Les Kriegler wrote: > > > >>Good Morning Listers, > >> > >>I've just installed version 3. All went well except for one issue. I > >>live in New York State and I copied 3 poi files to my flash card, New > >>York Eastern, New York Western, and New York 204.bpi to the card. I've > > > >>set my directory for the POI files to be \compact flash\poi\. When GPS > > > >>is launched, I'm informed that the Eastern and Western files cannot be > >>loaded, but the 2004.bpi file is loaded. I think I'm missing something > > > >>here. Does the 2004.bpi file encompass the Eastern and Western files, > >>and is that why the first two do not load? Other than this issue, all > >>seems fine and ready to go. Thanks. Best Regards, > >> > >>Les > >> > >>-- > >>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). > >>Version: 7.0.262 / Virus Database: 264.6.1 - Release Date: 8/16/2004 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 7.0.262 / Virus Database: 264.6.1 - Release Date: 8/16/2004 > > > > > > -- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 7.0.262 / Virus Database: 264.6.1 - Release Date: 8/16/2004 > > > > > >