transfer filePro file from dos to unix

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Dennis Malen (Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:57:19 -0400):

> Wow! Thanks for the in depth response and great tutorial on my
> problem. Should be saved for future use when this issue arises again.
>
> I will try each your suggestions. I am sure one your suggestions will
> work.   Your have made it extremely clear and I am sure I will be able
> to develop a resolution.
[...]

To summarize:

     Screens are a binary file, and therefore require you to copy them in
     binary mode.

     If copying from Windows to a little-endian *nix box, the screen will
     be usable once you:

         Bring it up in dscreen, dismiss the checksum error popup, update
         the screen, fix the graphics characters, and re-save it.

If you get an "invalid screen format" error upon bringing it up in dscreen,
then either:

     The copy from Windows to *nix corrupted the file, such as by using a
     text-mode (sometimes called "ascii mode") copy.
or
     The *nix box is not little-endian.

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