Re: Using XyWrite file in Word and saving as text document

["Patricia M. Godfrey" priscamg@xxxxxxxx]

Harry Binswanger wrote:
Carl,
I copy-and-pasted the encoded revised frame, decoded it and installed it
in the U2, but still "conversion failed" appears (I'm not defining a
filename for it, just doing SA/RTF on the command line with a
small, simple file open in Xy.

Same results with SA/RTF TEST.RTF
Again, seems like it would be simplest to trap the error number/message,
if I knew how. XRAY?


XRay is great for getting the value of your variables,
but try
ERR

See Carl's post of 12/20/05, and Robert's of 1/4/05.
Also Carl's of 2/16/04, which I paste here in part.
>>That's because "\" has a special meaning in PRompts.
 >>The backslash plus a  error code translates
>>into the _error_message_ associated with that
numeric >>code when the PRompt is executed. For
example, >> reports "There is no command on
command >>line";  reports "Invalid drive", and
so >>forth. (Issue ERR /NV to get complete
list >>of error codes and their associated PRompts.)
>>Note that this provides a powerful way to capture
and >>report errors during program execution:
>>>>.


There are lots more (if you save posts, as I do, SE
/$ER/), but I haven't time to hunt them down now.
--
Patricia M. Godfrey
PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx