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From: ben@standalone.com (Ben Gottlieb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.newton.misc
Subject: Re: Can't delete a screwy note!
Date: 11 Jun 1996 15:19:28 GMT
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In article <31BC50B6.53C3@epsb.edmonton.ab.ca>
Bryan Block <bblock@epsb.edmonton.ab.ca> writes:

> I created a note using the top button in Backdrop +, and something 
> happened (sorry, I can't remember what.) Then, every time I open the 
> notepad with the folder that the rogue note is stored in, I get a 48221 
> error, and I can't delete the note.  Every time I scroll, and the note 
> either is or would be on the screen, the error pops up.  Once I scroll it 
> off the screen, no more error message.  I can't delete the dang thing.  
> Even in overview, it shows up, but if I check it, and delete selected, as 
> soon as I hit the route button, I get the error message.  Any other item 
> selected (with a check), and I can route (delete, duplicate, etc.) ok.
> 
> One other thing - the note's icon is the 'i' in a circle, NOT the normal 
> notepad icon.
> 
> I'm not really worried how it happened, but how do I get rid of it?  Is 
> there a utility that I can use to manually go in?  I've used a Newton for 
> a long time (it's a 130), but I've never messed with soups, etc.

Okay, here's how ya ditch it:
    Switch to a folder in the NotePad that the note is NOT in.
    Switch to the Overview
    Now switch to the Note's folder
    Scroll 'til you see the note in the overview list
    Check off the note in the list, and delete it via the action button
at the bottom.

    Download the latest version of Backdrop Plus, which has a nifty
little warning about this if you try and open a folder with a bad note
in it from BD+.

Ben

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