hyperbug@apple.UUCP (Keith Rollin) (11/25/87)
A few days ago, I recieved this letter. Rather than reply personally,
I decided to post this to let everyone know:
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I have several PC-File data files which I am trying to import into
HyperCard. The PC-File data file is a simple byte stream where
each block of 407 characters is a record. There are no delimiters
between records or fields although each field is of a fixed length.
To do this, I wrote a script which opens the file and reads 407
characters. I extract each individual field, trim trailing spaces,
make a new card, fill in the fields and repeat until the file
is completely read.
After adding about 2500 records, I get the message "Unexpected
error 1777 - Sorry". After clicking Sorry, HyperCard just quits.
I then open the stack and it works until I try to compress it,
then I get the same error again.
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Error 1777 seems to poke its head up when you are using a script to
create a large number of cards. Hypercard exceeds some sort of limit
that can be solved by compacting the stack at regular intervals. Also,
it was implied to me that this compacting should be done manually, and
not by the script.
This problem will be solved with HyperCard 1.1.
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