Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:01:03 08/02/02
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On August 02, 2002 at 13:51:57, William Penn wrote: >(I'm running W98se/IE6.) > >--------------------------- >Scid problem with PGN files >--------------------------- > >Scid (version 3.3) used to work OK in its operations with PGN files. However now >it apparently thinks PGN files are all "read only". It will not create a PGN >file, nor perform manipulations which change the contents of a PGN file. Here is >the error message I get if I try to copy games from a Scid database "mygames" >into an ordinary PGN file "game.pgn"... > >Cannot copy games >"mygames" -> "game.pgn:" >the target database (game.pgn) is read-only. > >However viewing the properties of the "game.pgn" file shows that it does NOT >have the read-only attribute set! I tried setting then removing the read-only >attribute for the PGN file, but it has no effect. Also I tried reinstalling >Scid, and that doesn't help. > >The only thing I can think of is that I installed Chessbase 7.0 recently, and >PGN files on my system are now listed as "Chessbase 7.0" type files. I tried >changing the association of PGN files from Chessbase 7.0 to another program, >such as Notepad (a text editor), but that doesn't help. Also, if Chessbase 7.0 >is the cause of the problem, then I may be stuck up the proverbial creek. >Chessbase 7.0 is not listed in Control Panel under Add/Remove Programs, so I >have no way to remove it cleanly. I output PGN files with it all the time. I don't know why you are having problems.
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