Frame 11 catastrophe -- unable to open old Frame files

[Art Campbell]

Could you provide an update, please, Peter?

Just in passing, for long-term storage, MIF wold be a slightly safer choice
than a binary format... .but I've never had any trouble opening FM files
that are 3-4 vintage.

Art Campbell
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On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 4:25 AM, Peter Schorer <peteschorer at gmail.com> wrote:

> A couple of days ago I found out that hundreds of the old Frame files I
> had always been able to open through several versions of Frame, can no
> longer be opened in Frame 11.  This has been confirmed by two Frame 11
> experts.  For me in my work, this is nothing short of a catastrophe.****
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> Incredibly -- yet this too has been confirmed by Frame 11 experts -- those
> old files have been converted into Microsoft Word files!  That wasn't done
> by me, since I have never used MS Word in my life, and have certainly never
> converted a Frame file into an MS Word file.****
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> I can't possibly be the only long-time Frame user who has made this
> shocking discovery.  Adobe/Frame management could fix the problem by simply
> allowing all those old files to be opened as Text files.  This is how I
> always opened them in the past.****
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> Needless to say, prior to my buying Frame 11 last fall, Frame 11 Sales
> mentioned not a word about old Frame files no longer being accessible.****
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> I would like to hear from anyone who has run into this major problem. ****
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> -- Peter Schorer****
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