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"File Is Not In Specified Format" While Conve |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: When converting a large Lotus DIF file, the customer gets an error message "File Is Not In Specified Format" after it is partially converted. Solutions: This problem could be duplicated by creating a 3M spreadsheet in Lotus 3.1, using Lotus' Translate utility to convert the spreadsheet file to DIF format, and then converting the DIF file to WP Secondary Merge format through CONVERT.EXE. There was an incorrect field value in the converted DIF file. When a text field is specified in a DIF file it is preceded by a 1,0. One of the text fields in the test DIF file was marked as 1,18 which is an invalid field. Lotus is aware of this problem with their Translate utility. Their work around is to save the spreadsheet in Lotus 2.1 format and then translate it to DIF. The incorrect DIF file can also be edited in an ASCII text editor to contain the correct value for a text field. |
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