From: d83@ath.forthnet.gr (Don Schullian)
Subject: Re: PowerBasic 3.5 BUG!!!
 
On 3 Mar 1998 20:59:41 GMT, "Terry Brown"  wrote:
 
>Hi all,
>        here's a MEGA problem I discovered with the PowerBasic editor.
>1) Take a file you're not worried about getting corrupted, and view it in
>the editor.
>    The file should be about 450 lines long, and roughly 45 char. per line.
>2) Open another file, and copy a line from it in to the clipboard.
>3) Paste it to the first file.
>4) OK, so everthing seemed to go OK right?
>    WRONG!! take a look at the last 20 or 30 lines of your program code.
> If your lucky, it's just got corrupted. If your unlucky like I was, half
>the lines
>are missing, and the rest are garbage.
>
>This is using 3.5 with the upgrade....
>Anyone else had the same problem?
 
I know what you're talking about (been there) but I tried your steps above
and, sorry, but... everything worked just fine! I've been having files go
south on me since TB v1.0 days and the best I can come up with is "doo-doo
occurs". (I HAVE, however, been known to use slightly stronger language on
occasion and, in EXTREME cases, invent totally new adjectives! ;)
 
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