"Unknown File Type" -- Corruption Problem?

[Karen Robbins]

Hi Art,

Tried the heroic open command (yes, it's there in 9) but got same result.

Also tried various right-click options but so far they all result in 
a blank document.

Probably worth running that MIF wash as a precaution.

I thought my HD WAS safer than the thumb drive I had been using 
before that! :-(

K

At 8:42 PM -0400 10/20/11, Art Campbell wrote:
>To get it open, I'd try the undocumented "Heroic Open" command. I 
>haven't tried it in 9, so I'll assume it's there.
>
>Open FM and create a new, empty file. Leave it open. 
>Type ESC, o, and Shift+h -- the Open File box should appear. If the 
>file opens, save it with a new name, and maybe save it as a MIF too.
>
>****
>If I were you, I'd MIF-wash all the files -- SaveAs MIF, open MIF, 
>and SaveAs .fm.
>
>***
>Also, I'd give serious consideration to transporting your files 
>between machines in a safer medium, such as Dropbox 
>(<http://www.getdropbox.com>www.getdropbox.com), which also gives 
>you great depth of backup files automatically.
>
>Cheers,
>Art
>
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>On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Karen Robbins 
><<mailto:karendesign at gmail.com>karendesign at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hi Framers,
>
>I've read a few threads on this in the archives but didn't get how 
>they could help solve this problem.
>
>Using FM 9.0p255 on a virtual PC, Windows 7, via Parallels.
>
>I have a set of well-established files on an external HD that I take 
>between home and office to work on the files regularly. Yesterday, 
>one file generated the dreaded "unknown file type" error and nothing 
>seemed to open it. Because I'd had a modem power supply go bad 
>around the same time as I last worked on this file (at home), I 
>accepted the corruption and was able to restore the content from 
>other sources into a new file.
>
>Today, a different file that was fine yesterday afternoon at home 
>now generates the same "unknown file type" error at the office. And 
>this file I don't relish reconstructing. The result is the same 
>whether I double-click from the Mac, open from the Windows desktop 
>or folder, or choose File>Open in Frame. From the Mac side it looks 
>like the permissions are OK; don't know how to check that on the PC 
>side.
>
>I'm concerned that the problem is random and could affect any file 
>at any time--I can't back up every file every minute without 
>seriously slowing down my/the computer's efficiency and compromising 
>my already-tight deadline.
>
>Are there any solutions to this problem? Something I missed or 
>misunderstood in the archives?
>
>Thanks for any insight,
>Karen
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