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Subject: Re: Thanks for your help! (NT)

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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