Author: Peter Berger
Date: 11:42:18 06/20/03
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On June 20, 2003 at 14:35:15, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On June 20, 2003 at 14:17:39, Peter Berger wrote: > >>On June 20, 2003 at 13:53:01, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: >> >>>On June 20, 2003 at 13:36:23, Peter Berger wrote: >>> >>>>Someone sent me a .cbh database with an annotated game I'd like to open, let's >>>>say peter.cbh . Fritz can't open it though. >>>> >>>>Probably it doesn't work this way - I notice there are usually also .cbe, .cbj >>>>and .cbm files in the same folder with the same name - do I need those, too ? Or >>>>is it not possible to exchange a database this way anyway? >>>> >>>>I don't want to annoy the person who sent me the database and also want to >>>>answer fast with a correct question on what I need instead/in addition - can one >>>>of you experts help me with a quick tip please? >>> >>>I suspect very much that a single .cbh file is unsufficient. You'd need at least >>>some of the other types, in addition. >>>In case you want to have a chessbase database in a single file, then you have to >>>choose the archive format, which is the .cbv. >>> >>>Regards, >>>Uli >>> >> >>Thanks Uli and Thorsten, >> >>yes, it seems the .cbv format would have been the correct format for >>transmission. Problem is that I don't know how computer savy the sender is. I do >>have the .cbh-file now - what would be easiest to ask from the sender? >> >>Regards, >>Peter > >In order to open a Chessbase database you need at least: > >.cbh Header >.cbg Games and Variations >.cbp Player index >.cbt Tournament index >.cbc Commentator index >.cbs Source index > >If there are annotations the .cba file is also necessary. > >Why not asking the sender to send all files *.cb... > >Michael Thank you very much, Michael ! OK, so it's as bad as I feared :( - either I have to explain how to transfer the game to .cbv or I have to think of a way to make sure that I get all of the above .. Anyway, the question is answered - the rest is my problem :) Regards, Peter
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