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Macros - 5.0 And 5.1 .MRS Files Not Interchan
DocumentID: 612774
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:35:33 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: A customer had some large macros that were created and used in WordPerfect 5.0. The user brought one of the macros into the Office Editor to make changes. By accident, the customer used the WP 5.1 WP.MRS file while retrieving the macro. The customer saved the macro with the WP 5.1 prefix. When the customer tried to run the macro in WP 5.0, the message "Error: Incompatible File Format" appeared. The customer tried to retrieve the macro into Editor with the WP 5.0 WP.MRS file, but the message "Error: Unknown Macro Version Number" displayed. Solutions: To solve this problem, the customer went back into Office Editor and made sure the program was using the WP 5.0 WP.MRS file. The customer typed one space to give the file a WP 5.0 prefix, retrieved the macro, and saved it.

Some other troubleshooting options for receiving the error message "Incompatible File Format" while trying to edit a macro are to compare the dates of the WP.EXE and WP.MRS files. The dates should be the same. This error could also indicate damage to the WP.MRS file. In this case, the file should be deleted or renamed, and reinstalled in the WP 5.1 or WP 5.0 directory.

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