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<DIV>generally, i think, you get that first error (the datafile did not convert!) when you run an e-run script for which an older datafile has already been created and which is currently also open, or running.</DIV>
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<DIV>that is, if your script is named "eprimescript.ebs",</DIV>
<DIV>and you have a datafile already opened on the desktop called "eprimescript-1-1.edat",</DIV>
<DIV>then when you run "eprimescript.ebs" as subject 1, session 1, just to see if the script is working</DIV>
<DIV>the script will run fine right up until the end,</DIV>
<DIV>at which point it will try and fail to create a new datafile by the same name as the datafile you've already got opened on your desktop.</DIV>
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<DIV>the further errors are unfamiliar to me.<BR><BR>>>> "Eddie Dubourg" <eddie@ling.ed.ac.uk> 8/16/2005 7:49 AM >>><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #000000">I've been sent a script to see if I can help with it's development.<BR><BR>I unpacked it, I edited slightly, and then tried to run it. I received no<BR>errors during the build phase, but when I come to run it I get a dialog that<BR>says:-<BR><BR>ERROR: The datafile did not convert!<BR>FILE: experiment-1-1.txt<BR><BR>It is recommended that you recover you data with the E-Recovery utility<BR><BR>and then<BR><BR>The following error occurred while converting the data file:<BR><BR>Error Message: Error occurred reading text file - unexpected end of file.<BR>Line Number 22<BR>Error Number 10<BR><BR>Line 22 is the line "Option CStrings On" below the comments at the start of<BR>the experiment. Oddly, cutting off the comments in the .ebs file made no<BR>difference, the errors were at line22 again.<BR><BR>I've tried saving it as a new file. No Joy (6 times)<BR>I've checked the file space is read/write. No Joy<BR>I've moved it to several different machines. No Joy<BR>I've checked for differences between this and the headers on another<BR>experiment, couldn't see any, cut and pasted the headers between files. No<BR>Joy<BR>Copied the entire text to another empty file. No Joy<BR>Examined the file in a hex editor for a hidden character.<BR><BR>What basic step am I missing?<BR><BR>Eddie Dubourg<BR><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>