[ct-user] b2r9 - r2b9 problem

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

At 12:09 PM 12/01/1999 -0500, Steve Dove wrote:

>Greetings, esteemed CT warriors,
>
>CT (9.37) is barfing up the message . . .
>
>"CQ99CW.BIN is not a valid Version 9 compatible log, run 8to9.exe to
>convert."
>
>. . . when I try to re-run a  B2R9'ed -edited - R2B9'ed file.  The two
>conversions seem to run OK, the edited RES file has no sillies in it, is
>in precisely the right format and is indeed exactly the same size as the
>unedited version, and the 'before and after' BIN files are identical in
>size.

R2B9 requires that the .BIN file already exist.  Usually, your old .BIN 
file is there and will suffice.  R2B9 will automatically save your file to 
.OLD, preserving the original data.  If you try to create a newly-named 
.BIN file (presumably from a renamed .RES file [to protect the original 
.BIN file]), then you will get the error you describe.

There are several choices:

1.  Copy the original .BIN file to a new name, but keep the existing name 
when doing your conversions.

2.  Copy the original .BIN file to a new name, run B2R9 on that new name, 
make the changes, then run R2B9, again using the new name.

3.  Run B2R9 on the original name, rename the .RES file and edit it, run CT 
to create a new empty file with the same name as the .RES file, and then 
run R2B9 on that new name.

- Jim

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