Author: Jorge
Date: 14:38:03 09/11/02
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On September 11, 2002 at 16:47:16, John Merlino wrote: >On September 11, 2002 at 15:57:01, Jorge wrote: > >>On September 11, 2002 at 14:48:12, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On September 11, 2002 at 10:17:06, Jorge wrote: >>> >>>>When I attempt to delete (using the Delete function) a personality that I >>>>created, CM gives me an error message that I can not delete it. I have to go to >>>>the physical directory (My Documents) and delete the personality file. Is there >>>>another way to do this? >>>> >>>>jorge >>> >>>Works for me just fine. >>> >>>Can you give me the steps that you are taking, including all changes to the >>>personality and the name you are giving it? Also, what version of Windows are >>>you running? >>> >>>jm >> >>This is Win2000Pro, however I also installed it on another machine running Win98 >>SE (which I will try). The problem is probably that I did not create these >>personalities in CM9000 from scratch, but were copied from CM8000 folders on the >>same machine (due to my laziness). I admit am a little dangerous at times ;). >> >>What is strange though John is the ability to Delete a personality while I am in >>Edit mode. How do you Delete a personality that you are actually editing? >> >>jorge > >Firstly, I'm sure you're aware that personalities from CM8000 cannot be used in >CM9000. This is probably why the program will not let you delete them, because >it tries to be "smart" about not letting a user delete files that weren't >created with the current version. > >Secondly, when a personality file is loaded for editing, it isn't kept "open" >with respect to the Windows file system. The file's CONTENTS have been loaded >into the editor, and then the file is closed. So, you can actually load a file, >modify it, and then delete it before saving the modifications. > >jm
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