"Unknown File Type" -- Corruption Problem?

[Art Campbell]

Too bad about the file, but at least you can recover...
Yeah, MIF-wash is always a good thing. If you have a large herd of files,
download the MIF2Go eval from Omsys.com. It installs a MIF-Wash utility on
your Files menu that lets you process books worth of files with one click.
Stays active even if you don't buy MIF2Go.

My take on it would be the thumb drive would be more stable than a hard
drive because it's solid-state; no moving parts (unless you have a
ruggedized hard drive). But Dropbox is the best, INHO, because it
automatically backs up your entire project each day, so you have a big pool
of old files to pick from in case something goes wrong. And it's free for
2+G.

Art

Art Campbell
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On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Karen Robbins <karendesign at gmail.com>wrote:

> **
> 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 (www.getdropbox.com), which
> also gives you great depth of backup files automatically.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Art
>
>
> Art Campbell
>                     art.campbell at gmail.com
>   "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
> a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>                                                       No disclaimers
> apply.
>                                                                DoD 358
>
> I support www.TheGrotonLine.com, hyperlocal news for Groton MA.
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Karen Robbins <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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