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From: stan@jazz.phx.mcd.mot.com (Stan Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: PPage BUG!!! AAAaargh
Keywords: PPage ProPage 1.3  Desktop Publishing
Message-ID: <12486@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com>
Date: 13 Feb 90 16:27:35 GMT
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Reply-To: stan@jazz.phx.mcd.mot.com (Stan Fisher)
Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division, Tempe, Az.
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WARNING!!!!!  All PPage 1.3 users listen up!!!


I was working on a very complex page of text and graphics in ProPage 1.3,
when I tried to re-load the file and this nasty little requester pops up
on my screen - "Can't understand format string" - (Cancel) (Stop) (Continue)
No matter what I did from there, I would then get an even nastier little
requester - "Document file is corrupt" (resume).

The file was intact from a DOS perspective (no bad/unreadable sectors)
but PPage choked on something IT WROTE into my file on the last save.

I called Gold Disk Tech support and the guy said "Oh no! that problem?"
It's a bug they are well aware of and it appears to be related to doing
saves while in magnification 200%.  The only help they could offer was the
advice not to save in 200% mag anymore and "probably it would be best not
to work in 200% anymore".  I do most of my work at 200% (high detail and
fine print).  I'm not a happy camper!  A package of this price shouldn't
have little bugs like this running around!  Anyway Gold Disk doesn't offer
any "un-corrupting" service as the only one that knows the file format is
the developer that rarely ever comes in to work 'cause he works out of his 
house.  It may be 6 months before a fix is offered, according to Tech
support.


  Stan Fisher -  stan@teroach.phx.mcd.mot.com -  asuvax!mcdphx!teroach!stan
  Motorola Microcomputer Division, Tempe, Arizona   -  Voice (602) 438-3228
  Call our User Group BBS "M.E.C.C.A." running Atredes 1.1 @ (602) 893-0804