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Re: Zap and TTFN

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From: Robin Moffatt
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 1995 00:00
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On Sat, 01 Jul 95 21:42:24 GMT David Croft (david@runge1.demon.co.uk) wrote:

> In article <19950630.124842.96@bench.demon.co.uk>
>            Ben@bench.demon.co.uk "Ben Chalmers" writes:
> 
> > The easy way to get the file back is click on Rescue on the TTFN menu, then
> > try to save / quit again.
> 
> But in article <19950628.125122.16@moffatt.demon.co.uk>,
>           RobinM@moffatt.demon.co.uk (Robin Moffatt) wrote:
> 
> > > directory, and TTFN whinging that "You can only compose one item at a time"
> > > if I try to write the article again.
> 
> The Rescue option will try to open an editing session, thus giving this message
> if TTFN thinks it is already editing.
> 
> Robin - try opening a few re-editing sessions with Qedit and let me know
> whether you get the same problem - I'm using the same OLE method as TTFN
> which has so far proved to be 100% foolproof.
> 
> It's possible, I suppose, that this new version of Zap keeps its windows
> created but not open. Something I must remember to put in Qedit actually - I
> just check to see if the window _exists_, rather than checking the window
> flags to see if it is _open_.
> 
Spooky....
Just this morning I had the problem I described *with Q-edit*
I did just what I have resorted to doing with TTFN - move the temporary file
(TTFN_Work or Re-Edit) into a different directory, quit the offending
application, re-load and try again...

> (has zap 1.30 been released yet?)
> 
Yes. It's (IIRC) on Hensa.

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From: RobinM@moffatt.demon.co.uk (Robin Moffatt)
Subject: Re: Zap and TTFN
Date: 1995/07/02
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