Marc
Just a thought. When copying the db files from a CD, they have the read
only attribute set. Have you changed that? This may be why you couldn't
connect to it.
Dan
At 08:18 PM 4/9/02 -0700, you wrote:
>HI all
>
>I have a strange one. A user had
>a "bad" spot on the hard drive or
>something like that, they do not
>remember! They ran a program to
>fix the errors, then they couldn't
>connect to the data base.
>
>They tried all sorts of strange things
>before they called me, like re-installing
>my program from the orginal disks!! That's
>right, this overwrote all of her data for
>the last 3 years.
>
>But wait she has some CD backups that were
>made "recently" one of them has the data
>files dated 11/13/2001. She says she made that
>CD April 2002. I opened the data files and
>the last date for any data is 11/12/2001.
>
>She had several other CD's, I copied them
>on my hard drive, tried to connect and I get
>a message "RBase 5.5 and older must be converted"
>The only version I sent her is 6.1!! Strange.
>
>So, I tried to convert this old version and I get
>an error message "Incorrect version flag" and I
>can't upgrade or convert the db. What does that
>message mean and how in the world did this db get
>so old so quick?
>
>I am afraid she is out of luck unless anyone has
>a suggestion.
>
>thanks
>marc
>
>
>ps: anyone want a user!
>does that mean
>
>
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