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Error - "Not a Prefixed File" or "Incompatible File Format"
DocumentID: 642002
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:18:42 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

The error "Not A Prefixed File" appeared when a user tried to print from WordPerfect. Another customer got this error or the error "Incompatible File Format" when he tried to retrieve a file into WordPerfect (WP).

Answer:

Starting WP with /32 corrected the first customer's problem.

The second customer solved this problem by doing the following:
1.      Retrieve an undamaged file into WP Editor as a binary file, block the prefix, and save it under a unique name.
2.      Retrieve the unusable WP file into Editor, retrieve the prefix saved in step 1 into the prefix position of the unretrievable file. Save the whole file under a different name.
3.      Retrieve the newly created file into WP, and delete the old prefix using the Backspace key.
If the customer doesn't have Editor, these steps may be possible with a third-party text editor. Please note that the person doing this must be thoroughly familiar with the document being repaired and what all WP codes look like in binary so the "seam" between the grafted-on prefix and the document is correct. The prefix being "grafted onto" the document must be the same version as the document or serious problems will result.

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