Why WP Tries To Attempt Retrieving Wang Docum

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:15 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: A customer has multiple Wang documents and knows that Wang is not compatible with WordPerfect. However, she wants to know why WP attempts to convert Wang documents, and when unsuccessful, why the computer locks? The customer also wants to know why WordPerfect does not come up with an error message like, "Incompatible File Format" when it encounters a Wang document. And finally, she also wants to know what WordPerfect looks for when it converts a file. Solutions: WordPerfect has no way of knowing what type of format a file is when retrieving. WP distinguishes WP files by the file prefix. Different types of files have different file formats. Wang files may keep the file information at the end of the file, like 4.2 documents do. If this is the case, the first thing WordPerfect will encounter when retrieving a Wang file is text; if this happens, then WP will think it is retrieving an ASCII text file. WP will then attempt to convert the document until it encounters a foreign code; if WP encounters a foreign code such as a ^Z, then WP may lock. *This information is given strictly as a troubleshooting option.

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