Re: BASIC: File type mismatch??

[srl968s@nic.smsu.edu (Lin Shawn R)]

: I'm trying to get text from the Apple][e to the IBM...
: Well, I got the output running over to the IBM o.k., but the basic
: program will not open up the file from the disk correctly. Here is the
: output from the session:

:  105 F$ = "sermons"
:  110 D$ =  CHR$ (4)
:  120  PRINT D$"PR#1"
:  130  PRINT D$"OPEN ";F$
:  140  ONERR  GOTO 190
:  150  PRINT D$"read ";F$
:  160  GET ZZ$: PRINT ZZ$;: GOTO 160
:  190  PRINT D$"CLOSE"
:  200  POKE 216,0: PRINT D$"pr#0"

: ]run                        <-------run command by me!


: FILE TYPE MISMATCH        <--error that I can't figure out!!!!

: Got any suggestions?

Wow, that's an easy one!  I actually remember that stuff from my 
Applesoft days, it feels like centuries ago!  What the program is looking 
for is a file with the filetype TXT.  Since the filetype on them is AWP, 
just change line 105 to read:

105 F$="sermons,tawp"

AppleWorks files have a bunch of weird CTRL characters, formatting info, 
and most likely don't have the extra linefeed character that most IBM 
programs require, you might want to add some conversion features into 
your program though it can be done manually by hand.

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            /// Shawn Lin \\\\
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