Microsoft KB Archive/125472

= PRB: Unable to Open Files That Have Certain Extensions =

Article ID: 125472

Article Last Modified on 10/24/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Fortran PowerStation 1.0a for MS-DOS
 * Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation 32

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This article was previously published under Q125472



SYMPTOMS
Files saved with the following extensions cannot be opened as text files in the Visual Workbench:

.RES

.CUR

.BMP

.EXE



CAUSE
Visual Workbench is used with other products that reserve these extensions for specific purposes. It would normally launch tools to handle these files. However, these tools are not available in the FORTRAN PowerStation product.



RESOLUTION
Save the files using a different extension.



STATUS
Although this original behavior was by design, it was modified in Microsoft Fortran PowerStation 32, version 4.0. The 4.0 version of Developer Studio allows you to open these files and displays their components and component attributes.



MORE INFORMATION
FORTRAN PowerStation 32 version 1.0 gives the following message when trying to open these files as a text file:

The file is a binary file and cannot be read.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.00a

Keywords: kbide kbprb KB125472

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