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Loading Errors
 


When you load a file, if it is unsuccessful, a message box will pop up telling you so (for example, if you typed in the name of a file that doesn't exist when you were in the Open dialog box).

If the file can be found and loaded, it will be. A message will appear on the Message Field at the bottom of Recorder Digits telling you whether any errors were detected while the file was being loaded. If there were errors, this does not mean that the file wasn't loaded. Some errors are corrected for you, some records are discarded because of them, and some are left as is, causing odd looking recorder pictures to be displayed.

You can find out about errors by looking at the file RCDLOG.TXT. This file is created any time you load an external file (except Autoload files), in the same subdirectory as the file you loaded.

Some records, such as F records, are not diagnosed completely. In the case of F records, to see if the record was acceptable, you should look at the screen display for it. Any hole which is invalid will have an X through it.

Unlike with the external file itself, you cannot leave the RCDLOG.TXT file open in another program when you load an external file, because Recorder Digits needs to open the RCDLOG file for Output, and therefore requires exclusive control. Therefore, after checking and fixing your errors, you should close the log file before reloading the external file.