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Re: BASIC: File type mismatch??
In <9412022342591.DLITE.jefflv@delphi.com> jefflv@delphi.com (Jeff Vannest) writes:
> HELP!!!! You all have been such a help in the past that I
>almost hesitate to bother you again, BUT, here it goes....
>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:
>]*--* 12-01-94 - 23:35:27 *--*
>cat <------------catalog command by me
>/JOHN
> NAME TYPE BLOCKS MODIFIED
> EVAGELISM AWP 11 11-AUG-94
> SERMONS AWP 3 16-NOV-93
> [few deleted...]
> THANKSGIVING.93 AWP 12 28-NOV-93
> SERMON.12.26.93 AWP 4 26-DEC-93
> PRIORITIES.IV AWP 13 18-AUG-94
>
>BLOCKS FREE: 23 BLOCKS USED: 257
>]
>]list <--------list command by me
> 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!!!!
>BREAK IN 130
>]
>]
>Got any suggestions?
It's been a LONG time since I programmed in BASIC, but let's what I can
confuse ya with. It looks like you're tying to print an AWP (AppleWorks
Word Processor) file from Basic, just by reading each line and dumping
that line to the printer. Well, I think you'll to use AppleWorks and
save (Print) those files as ASCII (Text) Files before you use your program,
then you should have any trouble. And use the option of Carriage Return
After Each Line.
AppleWorks saves more than just text in it's files - it has things like
Bold begin/end, Underline begin/end, etc. Not to mention the "ruler" settings.