Author: William Penn
Date: 11:19:18 08/02/02
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On August 02, 2002 at 14:01:03, Dann Corbit wrote: >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. I'm also baffled. It worked OK before, then it quit... I'm redownloading the Scid zip file to reinstall again, on the theory that it was corrupted (although I doubt it).
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