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Accounting Package By Legal Data Systems Encr |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: The customer is processing a draft bill via an accounting package by Legal Data Systems on a DEC MicroVAX II system, which is connected to a PC-based Banyan Vines v3.01 network via Asynchronous Terminal Emulation. This sends the file over to the PC in an ASCII format. Occasionally, when the customer retrieves the file in WordPerfect, WP prompts for a password. Solutions: When you save a file with a password in WP, three things happen. The password is attached to the file, the file becomes encrypted so that you can't even read it from a DOS prompt or in any other program, and a few bytes in the prefix are changed to allow WP to quickly determine the file is password protected. This problem appears to be related to the saving process the customer is using. The byte WP uses to determine encryption was not 00. This means that whatever the customer is doing is changing the file; however, there isn't actually a password on the file. To correct the problem, the customer can create a binary file in Editor with "00" only and save the file as 1. Then, using the DOS COPY command, type: copy 1 /b + {filename} {outputfile} This will add the "00" to the beginning of the file. The customer can edit this file in Editor and delete the first five bytes of the file. This will allow WP to retrieve the file. NOTE: This process will not work to remove a password from a file that actually has a password on it. |
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