Valdocs 2 Editor File Merge Recovery

          This technical information is provided by Epson Systems Product
          Support Group.  While it should prove useful to you we cannot
          guarantee that it will hold true in every instance.

          Although many of the errors that the Valdocs 2 Editor may have
          are self-correcting there are some that require some assistance
          from you for correction.  The steps outlined in this paper assume
          that you can get to the COPY DISK module without going through
          the Editor.  The easiest way to do that is to load Valdocs 2
          without a data diskette in the right drive.

          Prepare for the merge recovery

          1.   From the COPY DISK main menu, select <F>ile copy, delete,
               rename.

          2.   Enter B for the source drive, since we are going to do work
               on the data disk.

          3.   If there is a document currently in the Editor that you do
               not want to lose, select <R>ename a file and go to step 7.
               Otherwise, select <D>elete a file and continue with the next
               step.

          Delete the workfile or...

          4.   Move the cursor through the file list until you come to the
               file EDITCUR0.VAL and select it.

          5.   Press STORE to save your selection, then type <Y> to confirm
               that you want to delete the EDITCUR0.VAL file.

          6.   Now return to the Editor and then go to step 10.

          ...Rename the workfile

          7.   Move the cursor through the file list until you come to the
               file EDITCUR0.VAL and select it.

          8.   Now type the file name BADFILE0.VAL and press RETURN.

          9.   Now return to the Editor and continue with step 10.

          Create a new document for merging

          10.  Press RETURN 10 times and move the cursor back up 5 lines
               into the middle of the carriage returns.

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           11.  If you renamed the EDITCUR0.VAL file at the beginning of
               this procedure, press HELP and select <Q>uirks, and go to
               step 14.  Otherwise, press the INDEX key and continue with
               the next step.
          Merge bad indexed document or...

          12.  Press RETURN to <S>elect document to Edit.

          13.  From the Index list select the document that had been
               originally in the Editor when the error occurred and then go
               to step 16.

          ...Merge old bad workfile

          14.  From the Quirks menu select <R>etrieve non-indexed file.

          15.  Type the file name BADFILE0.VAL and press RETRIEVE and
               continue with the next step.

          16.  At this point you may STORE the file.  However, if any
               errors should still occur with the file after using this
               Merge Recovery procedure you may want to try using the
               instructions in the paper titled "Valdocs 2 Editor File
               Blocking and Store Recovery."






























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