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Article #1156Re: WordPerfect 5.0
From: Charles Lord
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1988 16:01
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1988 16:01
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As to the Text I/O *AND* saving in older WP4.2 version, the
following occurs (even according to WP Corp themselves):
The data IS saved, but the directory (FAT?) is not updated until
you LEAVE WP. If you save a text or 4.2 file to floppy for an
associate while they stand over you then go back to your application
while they scurry off with the disk (for the uninformed this is the
WALKNET LAN protocol), they will look at a disk with ZERO bytes on that
file. The data is there, but DOS won't find it. IF you had LEFT WP
before removing disk then removed the disk, you would have your file
intact... WP customer reps say that an update is coming "any day now"
and all will get it at the same time. Personally, my company bought
one update, found that bug, and decided that Manuscript wasn't that bad
after all.
--
Charles Lord cjl@ecsvax.UUCP Usenet
Cary, NC cjl@ecsvax.BITNET Bitnet
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!oddjob!ncar!ames!decwrl!sun!cjl@uncecs.edu From: cjl@uncecs.edu (Charles Lord) Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop Subject: Re: WordPerfect 5.0 Message-ID: <60622@sun.uucp> Date: 20 Jul 88 16:01:12 GMT Sender: news@sun.uucp Distribution: comp Lines: 27 Approved: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com