Re: [Framers] old FM files

2018-04-17 Thread Fred Ridder 
That's because you're remembering it by the wrong name, Art. It's actually 
called *heroic* open, and it's invoked by an Escape-key sequence: Esc, o, H

(Escape key, followed by lower-case O, followed by capital H).


But I find it very hard to believe that Frame is mistaking a binary FM file (of 
*any* vintage) for text. Do you have any kind of source code editor or hex 
editor (UltraEdit, SlickEdit, emacs) that will allow you to see what's actually 
contained in the file?


-Fred



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Subject: Re: [Framers] old FM files

There used to be an undocumented Force Open command, but I don't remember
the keystrokes and couldn't find it in a quick Google

If you have or can install any older versions than '15, try opening the
files with those and saving them as MIF.


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On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Fred Wersan  wrote:

> I have some old FM files - probably 5.5 vintage - that I am trying to open
> in FM2015. Frame thinks they are text files. I have some other equally old
> files that it opens OK. Any suggestions for how to open old files that
> Frame is confused about?
>
> Fred
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Re: [Framers] old FM files

2018-04-17 Thread Peter Gold 
Esc O H (open heroic)

It might be possible to open (a copy of) the file in a binary editor and
look at the header. There may be a file-designator that can be changed.

On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 11:39 AM, Art Campbell 
wrote:

> There used to be an undocumented Force Open command, but I don't remember
> the keystrokes and couldn't find it in a quick Google
>
> If you have or can install any older versions than '15, try opening the
> files with those and saving them as MIF.
>
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Re: [Framers] old FM files

2018-04-17 Thread Art Campbell 
There used to be an undocumented Force Open command, but I don't remember
the keystrokes and couldn't find it in a quick Google

If you have or can install any older versions than '15, try opening the
files with those and saving them as MIF.


Art Campbell
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a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
  No disclaimers apply.
   DoD 358


On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Fred Wersan  wrote:

> I have some old FM files - probably 5.5 vintage - that I am trying to open
> in FM2015. Frame thinks they are text files. I have some other equally old
> files that it opens OK. Any suggestions for how to open old files that
> Frame is confused about?
>
> Fred
>
> --
>
> *Fred Wersan* | Principal Technical Writer
> *VT MAK* | 150 Cambridge Park Drive
> ,
> Third Floor, Cambridge, MA 02140
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[Framers] old FM files

2018-04-17 Thread Fred Wersan 
I have some old FM files - probably 5.5 vintage - that I am trying to 
open in FM2015. Frame thinks they are text files. I have some other 
equally old files that it opens OK. Any suggestions for how to open old 
files that Frame is confused about?


Fred

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