[program-l] Re: File conversion
- From: "Travis Roth" <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:39:29 -0500
Or another thought, perhaps the file was saved by some other app in some
other format. Try opening it with another app such Word, Excel.
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Just a crazy thought, but if you went to a DOS prompt and did a command like
MORE <offending_file_name
you should be able to see if it's sane or gibberish.
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Jerry
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No I hadn't. I just checked now and it was 6/21/2001. I apparently saved
it at that time. I usually don't make any changes to that file.
That was another thing that I was curious about is that I did not do a save
yesterday and ddid not get a request for a save, yet it opened up strange.
Eileen La Fond
Phone (206) 386-0011
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Have you checked the file date/time on the file? That might help you tell
whether TextPal actually messed with the contents.
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Jerry
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I tried it in TextPad and UltraEdit. In UltraEdit it at least recognized
actual names when I did a find, but when I tried to actually read the name
in the row, it was jibberish.
I tried putting it in Word and almost brought the computer to it's knees as
it is such a large file and it was jibberish.
No, I don't have a backup.
Eileen La Fond
Phone (206) 386-0011
e.mail Eileen.LaFond@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:26 AM
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Will just ask if you possibly have a backup copy of this file?
Also, what happens if you try open a instance in something as simple as
notepad, or internet explorer?
Would just guess that somehow the file became corrupted, and somehow a type
of encoding rendered what you're currently seeing/reading.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
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On Behalf Of Lafond, Eileen
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 11:51 PM
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Subject: [program-l] File conversion
Hi,
I have a text file that I have been using for over 20 years. I went to open
it today and it opened in TextPal and became just one line instead of the
26000 or so lines. I then closed it and opened it in TextPad. It is now
jibberish when it used to be words.
Does anyone have any idea as to what TextPal converted it into and how I can
convert it back?
The row is short now. It used to be 400 or so columns.
The following is the first line now in jibberish:
9006067405318885
Thanks for any assistance as I use this file often.
Eileen La Fond
Work phone: (206) 386-0011
email: eileen.lafond@xxxxxxxxxxx
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