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From: mike@ronin.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Error 1777 while importing data
Message-ID: <390@tardis.cc.umich.edu>
Date: Wed, 18-Nov-87 11:35:35 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 18 11:35:35 1987
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Reply-To: mike@ronin.cc.umich.edu (Michael Nowak)
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I have several PC-File data files which I am trying to import into
HyperCard.  The PC-File data file is a simple byte stream where
each block of 407 characters is a record.  There are no delimiters
between records or fields although each field is of a fixed length.

To do this, I wrote a script which opens the file and reads 407
characters.  I extract each individual field, trim trailing spaces,
make a new card, fill in the fields and repeat until the file
is completely read.

After adding about 2500 records, I get the message "Unexpected
error 1777 - Sorry".  After clicking Sorry, HyperCard just quits.
I then open the stack and it works until I try to compress it,
then I get the same error again.

Has anyone else seen this?  What is error 1777?  Have I reached
a limit on the number of cards in a stack?

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