Re: error type -199 --> what's this?

[tomasio <wespe_sticht@hotmail.com>]

ok, thanx a lot. and besides, i was new to the materia, thus I chose the 
wrong NG. reinstalled the stuff already, and it works.

In article <1fcrfb3.1y6lwujq7ppdsN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
 dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

> tomasio <wespe_sticht@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > does anybody know more about this type of error. i had it under macos
> > 8.5.1 whilst trying to open an application. seems to be serios, because
> > the application is not longer usable.
> 
> First, you should be aware that comp.sys.apple2 is not an appropriate
> newsgroup to post Mac questions.  Look in the comp.sys.mac hierarchy for
> a suitable group.  (The Apple II was an earlier family of computers made
> by Apple.)
> 
> Upon looking up your error code in one reference, it produces the
> following description:
> 
> -199 mapReadErr
> Map inconsistent with operation
> 
> This appears to be a Resource Manager error, and it is probably
> referring to the "resource map", which is the index in the resource
> fork, used to locate all of the resources in a file.
> 
> My interpretation: the application's resource fork is damaged, and the
> only way you will be able to get it working is to reinstall it.