Sorry it did not work out and that a re-read is now in order. Still, having to do something like that twice is never a bad thing in the long run (though it is immensely frustrating to have to do at the time). I can see myself starting to ramble, the effect of being very tired and now very frustrated with a program I am writing, so I will just click 'send' before I continue prattling on... Okay, program, here comes the debugger!
On 3/22/10, Paula (Karla) Brintley <[email protected]> wrote: > Well gang, > > I wanna thank you all for trying to get me out of this mess i got > myself into. alex, your idea was on the money, i had forgotten to > specify the extension name when i changed the file's name. so, it > would or should have been simple to go back and do this. i did, but > when i put it into the BN, it still didn't come up. so i popped it > back into the pc to make darn sure it was still on there. but > somehow, in all of this maneuvering , the file has just disappeared. > I can't even find it on the PC in the folder where i had saved it. > and of course, i've checked every other folder as well. > > Oh yes, Joseph, thanks for the tip about loading a previously opened > file back into memeory with "space" dots five, six. > > but, alas, my file is no more. that'll teach me to refuse to do > something. guess i'll be reading that chapter over again anyway. But > not tonight. I should have quit when i was ahead and tackled it in > the morning. Que sera! thanks guys and dolls. > > think i'm gonna like it here. > > Paula > > On 3/22/10, Joseph Lee <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> I also concur with Alex's words here. >> A file exjension essentially is a marker that tells a computer >> what the file is and what it contains. For example, a "doc" >> extension is a >> Microsoft Word file; a "wma" tells a computer that is an audio >> file that should be played with Windows Media Player (by >> default). >> When you change an extension, the computer opens the >> file using (possibly) "wrong" applications (although some of us >> have "fooled" around with this a couple years before; I'm talking >> about zip file instructions that are on my site prior to KeySoft >> 8.0's release). >> As Alex have said, try renaming the file (type the file name, >> then try typing .kwb), transfer it onto the mPower and see what >> happens. >> And, another tip: you don't really need to search your mPower to >> find the file you are looking for. At the "document to open" >> prompt, simply press SPACE with DOTS 5-6 (RIGHT ARROW on QT) to >> access recently opened files (it will even work with files stored >> on the storage card). >> Hope this helps. >> Cheers, >> Joseph >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Alex Hall <[email protected] >> To: "Dreicer, Zachary, Survey" <[email protected] >> Date sent: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:12:52 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] I can no longer access my file >> >> I think I know what you did, and it is something that most of us >> have >> done before. I am willing to bet that you accidentally changed >> the >> extension. The extension of a file, just in case you do not >> know, is >> the part that comes after the period; the extension of notes.brf >> is >> brf. Were you working with a brf file or a keyword braille file? >> If >> brf, find the file on the pc and rename it with a .brf extension; >> if >> keyword braille, rename it with a .kwb extension. The bn will >> hide >> this extension by default, but the pc will not. Let us know what >> happens! >> >> On 3/22/10, Dreicer, Zachary, Survey <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> again another weird problem. Did you try listing all (including >> hidden) files on the braillenote? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Paula (Karla) Brintley" <[email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date sent: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:54:01 -0400 >> Subject: [Braillenote] I can no longer access my file >> >> hey, Braille Noters, >> >> It's paula. I've done something stupid. In my defense i'll just >> say >> that i was tired and should have stopped working before i did >> this. >> >> I was looking for a particular file on the MPower Bt and couldn't >> find >> it. I couldn't remember what folder i put the file in. so, i >> get >> this brilliant idea to just pop my compact flash card into the >> computer and search for it that way. It seemed quicker. It was. >> I >> found the file in the wrong folder and moved it to the correct >> folder >> using the PC. then, another brilliant idea! Hey, why not rename >> it >> while i've got it on the computer and then i'll access it on the >> Mpower. Wrong! I just assumed that i could change it's name >> using >> Windows XP and still be able to access it on the braille Note. i >> couldn't get to it. MPower wsn't recognizing it even when i >> changed >> its name back to the original file name...no go. >> >> Another brain storm idea. I thought well maybe i could access it >> through duxbury since it's a braille file and all. After all, i >> had >> converted .doc's to braille files and used them on MPower, right? >> Wrong, again! couldn't pull it up and still can't access it >> through >> MPower. did i mention that i was tired? anyway, i refuse to >> write >> all those notes again which would mean rereading the entire >> chapter. >> Lord, how i miss highlighting. >> >> Please, tell me that there is a way i can access this file. >> Please! >> any hhelp is desperately needed. >> >> paula >> (Whose going to take a little nap now.) >> -- >> Karla L. Brintley, CMT >> Certified Massage Therapist >> Lansing, Michigan >> >> ___ >> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >> copy to the list as well. >> >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [email protected] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> >> >> ___ >> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >> copy to the list as well. >> >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [email protected] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >> [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> ___ >> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >> copy to the list as well. >> >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [email protected] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> >> > > > -- > Karla L. 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