Microsoft KB Archive/44553

= Microsoft Knowledge Base =

File: Unable to Open Sampler File
Last reviewed: October 27, 1994

Article ID: Q44553

Summary:

If you double-click one of the Sampler Template Forms in the Sampler Folder sent with Microsoft File version 2.00, File will display a dialog box that prompts &quot;Please find datafile Datafile.&quot;

The files in the Sampler Folder are simply forms; a data file must be opened first, then one of the template forms. If information has not yet been entered into a data file (that is, if a data file doesn't already exist), do the following to open a template form:


 * 1) Double-click the Microsoft File icon.
 * 2) Name the new datafile and click New.
 * 3) From the File menu, choose Open Form.
 * 4) Locate and open the desired template form.
 * 5) Close the form and enter data into the data file.

If the data to be used in the Form is already entered in a data file, do the following to open the desired template form:


 * 1) Open the data file that contains the desired data.
 * 2) From the Form menu, choose Show Form.
 * 3) From the File menu, choose Open Form.
 * 4) Locate and open the desired Template Form.

The data in the data file will now be displayed as specified by the template form.