On 11/28/2010 03:43 PM, Russell wrote: > Submitted on 11/28/2010 > Submitted by anonymous user: [10.1.5.224] > > Submitted values are: > > Name: Russell > Email Address: russellc at gmail.com > Subject: Transferring .sla file from Windows 7 to Vista Gives Error > Message: > Hi all, > > I have created a .sla file on a friend's machine in Windows 7 on 1.3.3.14 > > I would like to be able to carry on editing it on my Windows Vista > machine, but when I copy the file across and try to open it on Vista it > says that the format is invalid. I searched on that error message and it > says that normally this happens when you try and open a file in an older > version of the program, but we both have the same version. > > Could this be a mismatch between a 64bit and a 32 bit machine? > > If so, is there any way to rescue the content so I can still edit it > (eg. I have been playing with the Collect for Output option in the file > menu)? There is no difference between a Scribus file from a 32-bit or 64-bit computer (there isn't really a version of Scribus compiled for 64-bit anyway).
Open the file with Notepad or similar and look at the second line for the version number for the file. Greg
