Bill,
Good suggestion but --
Rstyle found missing parens around the switch var, but it didn't clear up
looking like a playback file.
rbedit allowed me to [Esc] to get a normal looking file, then I put in the
missing parens, saved the file.
When I reopened it, it still thinks it's a playback file.

Bernie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Downall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: app files suddenly appear to rbedit as playback files


> Bernie,
>
> If there are certain non-printable ascii characters in a file, RBEdit
> assumes it is a "Playback" file, and translates those ascii codes into
> keystroke names for you. I think there is a pop-up dialog question
> when it finds them, that asks you if that's what you want to do.
>
> R:Style can help clean up those files, too.
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:49:37 -0500, Bernard Lis wrote:
>
> >using R:Base for dos 6.5++
> >All  of a sudden, several .app files have taken on a strange new look.
> >How do I get rid of these extra characters?
> >there is   [Enter]  interspersed and I tried to replace them with a
> space
> >(in rbedit) but when I go to save the file it bombs out to a dos prompt
> with
> >the message "insufficient memory to load protected mode R:Base".
> If I
> >don't load rbase and run rbedit from the dos prompt it says "file too
> large
> >to edit"


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