[scribus] Transferring .sla file from Windows 7 to Vista Gives Error

[Gregory Pittman]

On 11/28/2010 03:43 PM, Russell wrote:
> Submitted on 11/28/2010
> Submitted by anonymous user: [10.1.5.224]
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> Submitted values are:
>
> Name: Russell
> Email Address: russellc at gmail.com
> Subject: Transferring .sla file from Windows 7 to Vista Gives Error
> Message:
> Hi all,
>
> I have created a .sla file on a friend's machine in Windows 7 on 1.3.3.14
>
> I would like to be able to carry on editing it on my Windows Vista
> machine, but when I copy the file across and try to open it on Vista it
> says that the format is invalid. I searched on that error message and it
> says that normally this happens when you try and open a file in an older
> version of the program, but we both have the same version.
>
> Could this be a mismatch between a 64bit and a 32 bit machine?
>
> If so, is there any way to rescue the content so I can still edit it
> (eg. I have been playing with the Collect for Output option in the file
> menu)?
There is no difference between a Scribus file from a 32-bit or 64-bit 
computer (there isn't really a version of Scribus compiled for 64-bit 
anyway).

Open the file with Notepad or similar and look at the second line for 
the version number for the file.

Greg