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#1 2010-06-25 08:26:19

williamsh
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Registered: 2007-10-03
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Error reading project: bad header????

Hi I wonder if anyone can tell me why, with some projects that I have copied onto my hard drive from a CD, I get this message?

It has also happened with a project file that was e-mailed to me - should I be saving files as a different type??

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#2 2010-06-25 08:31:54

coolstuff
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Registered: 2008-03-06
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Re: Error reading project: bad header????

That error can appear if you`re opening a project made in a newer version of Scratch in an older version of Scratch, for instance, if you're opening a project made in 1.4 in 1.3. Make sure you're using the same version of Scratch to save and open the files and things should probably work fine.

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#3 2010-06-25 08:44:30

williamsh
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Re: Error reading project: bad header????

Thanks for that - I am not sure what version the files were created in but it could be that I am using a newer version and the file is an older version - so is Scratch not backwards compatible?

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#4 2010-06-25 08:48:03

coolstuff
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Re: Error reading project: bad header????

williamsh wrote:

Thanks for that - I am not sure what version the files were created in but it could be that I am using a newer version and the file is an older version - so is Scratch not backwards compatible?

Scratch is backwards compatible, it's just not forwards compatible. So if you're opening a project made in a newer version of Scratch than you're using, it won't work.

Is that possible? If you already have the latest version of Scratch, something else is going on there, that I can't help you with. Otherwise, try downloading the latest version of Scratch (1.4) and we'll see if that helps.

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#5 2010-06-25 09:17:15

williamsh
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Registered: 2007-10-03
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Re: Error reading project: bad header????

Thanks for that - I will try that as soon as I get a moment - I did think I was using the latest version but maybe the copy at school is different - Cheers  I will let you know

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