Cross-version incompatibility?

#11

On Feb 3, 3:01*pm, Tony Gravagno <tony_grava... (AT) nospam (DOT) invalid> wrote:

Quote:

Rick Weiser wrote:
If you didn't create the program files as directories then you will needa jBase server to get at them.

That's a great application for a web service, if only there were
demand:
- Enter an email address and CC payment info
- Select the DBMS platform
- Upload a single hashed file
- Click Convert
- Email is returned with a link to a compressed folder of text files

Pay by the MB or maybe by the number of items returned.

T

That gave me an idea. The file, as it is, only has 6 lines in it. I'm
going to try to see what happens if I convert the @AM to CR-LF.
Thanks.

#12

On Feb 3, 4:16*pm, Kevin <kdoi... (AT) sympatico (DOT) ca> wrote:

Quote:

snip

That gave me an idea. *The file, as it is, only has 6 lines in it. I'm
going to try to see what happens if I convert the @AM to CR-LF.
Thanks.

I take that back. When I open the file with a program to read line by
line, I see 6 lines. When I open it in vim, there are nearly 17000
lines.

I do see the first few characters are "JBC___HS3". Would that mean
the file was created as a file type 3? If so, and I create a file
type 3 in UniVerse and replace it with this, would that help? If not,
it looks like I'll have to install the trial version of jBASE.

Will there be an issue with opening a file in jBASE version 4 or 5 if
it was created with version 3?

#13

On 2011-02-03 16:16:57 -0500, Kevin <kdoiron (AT) sympatico (DOT) ca> said:

Quote:

On Feb 3, 3:01*pm, Tony Gravagno <tony_grava... (AT) nospam (DOT) invalid> wrote:
Rick Weiser wrote:
If you didn't create the program files as directories then you will need
a jBase server to get at them.

That's a great application for a web service, if only there were
demand:
- Enter an email address and CC payment info
- Select the DBMS platform
- Upload a single hashed file
- Click Convert
- Email is returned with a link to a compressed folder of text files

Pay by the MB or maybe by the number of items returned.

T

That gave me an idea. The file, as it is, only has 6 lines in it. I'm
going to try to see what happens if I convert the @AM to CR-LF.
Thanks.

Err, didn't I post that idea yesterday?

--
Kevin Powck

#14

On 2011-02-03 17:06:02 -0500, Kevin <kdoiron (AT) sympatico (DOT) ca> said:

Quote:

I do see the first few characters are "JBC___HS3". Would that mean
the file was created as a file type 3?

Yes, jBASE type 3.

Quote:

If so, and I create a file
type 3 in UniVerse and replace it with this, would that help?

No. jBASE is not related to Universe.

Quote:

If not,
it looks like I'll have to install the trial version of jBASE.

That would likely work out ok.

Quote:

Will there be an issue with opening a file in jBASE version 4 or 5 if
it was created with version 3?

JBC_HS3 is not a jBASE version number. It is a file type. I believe
versions 4 and 5 of jBASE can deal with this jBASE file type.

--
Kevin Powck

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