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.<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Open FM and create a new, empty file. Leave it open. <br>
Type </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">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.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">****</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">If I were you, I'd MIF-wash all the files -- SaveAs MIF, open MIF, and SaveAs .fm.</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">***</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Also, I'd give serious consideration to transporting your files between machines in a safer medium, such as Dropbox (<a href="http://www.getdropbox.com">www.getdropbox.com</a>), which also gives you great depth of backup files automatically.</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Cheers,</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Art</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Karen Robbins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:karendesign@gmail.com">karendesign@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi Framers,<br>
<br>
I've read a few threads on this in the archives but didn't get how they could help solve this problem.<br>
<br>
Using FM 9.0p255 on a virtual PC, Windows 7, via Parallels.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Are there any solutions to this problem? Something I missed or misunderstood in the archives?<br>
<br>
Thanks for any insight,<br>
Karen<br>
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