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Whenever I save a drawing as a new file name i.e. 2213-102 being saved as 2213-103, the following error message always appears:
Unable to open file, file decompression error: 101

Hi,

You could Copy and Paste and then Rename in Windows?

Or you could use the Purge menu to Save As a new AEC file. This could correct issues in the file that might be causing this?

Are you opening a file that is on a CD and DataCAD can't put the background files on it?

Thanks for comments guys.
not using a CD. Being saved into Dropbox folder on PC .
Not heard of Purge menu. will have to investigate that one.

[Mark F. Madura]

Are you running 23.00.01?

The error you're getting occurs when DataCAD is trying to open the 'Saved As' file (i.e. uncompress the AEC to a $WP file). Are you 'Saving As' to a different folder than where the current drawing is located? If you open the destination folder in a file explorer window, does SavedAs.aec get written to that location? Error 101 means DataCAD was unable to open SavedAs.aec.

MFM

Jim Goodman had a specific way to set up and save to Dropbox for remote users to access files from one central location. At the moment I don't recall how he did it, but it was something you had to set up very carefully.