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Is there a way to change the filetype from Applesoft? Or is there a way
to get BLOAD to load any file regardless of type without specifying the
T parameter?

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On 2025-04-09 03:22:10 +0000, Duhast said:

Is there a way to change the filetype from Applesoft? Or is there a
way to get BLOAD to load any file regardless of type without specifying
the T parameter?

I think you'll need some outside help, eg, SETINFO from ProCMD, or
something similar.


The syntax of this command is

SETINFO pathname [,T type, A auxtype, @ access]

All three parameters are optional. This allows changing a
file's type (except for DIR files), auxtype, and access.

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On 4/8/25 10:22 PM, Duhast wrote:

Is there a way to change the filetype from Applesoft? Or is there a
way to get BLOAD to load any file regardless of type without
specifying the T parameter?

In addition to ProCMD as Kelvin suggested, in the ProDOS 8 environment ProTERM 3.1 allows file type and aux type changes.

Also, stock AppleWorks 5.1 has a file type changer, and if you add the InitPack, also allows aux type changes.




Hugh Hood

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On 4/9/2025 12:02 PM, Hugh Hood wrote:

On 4/8/25 10:22 PM, Duhast wrote:

Is there a way to change the filetype from Applesoft?-a Or is there a
way to get BLOAD to load any file regardless of type without
specifying the T parameter?

In addition to ProCMD as Kelvin suggested, in the ProDOS 8 environment ProTERM 3.1 allows file type and aux type changes.

Also, stock AppleWorks 5.1 has a file type changer, and if you add the InitPack, also allows aux type changes.

Hugh Hood

I want the filetype change to be done under Applesoft if possible.

I want to BSAVE a file, and when I type BSAVE test,a$2000,l100,T$FF as
an example, I get a file type mismatch error. Does the T parameter not
work with BSAVE?

Can you BLOAD any file without the T parameter?

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It's been a while since I've done this, but I think you may have to delete the existing file first before attempting to BSAVE with a filetype.

Try BSAVING with a slightly different name. The error you're seeing may be because the filetypes don't match.

To be sure, I'd need to check my ProDOS tech reference manual.





Hugh Hood



On 4/14/2025 5:57 PM, Duhast wrote:

I want to BSAVE a file, and when I type BSAVE test,a$2000,l100,T$FF as
an example, I get a file type mismatch error. Does the T parameter not
work with BSAVE?

Can you BLOAD any file without the T parameter?

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In article <vtk41r$2b01e$1@dont-email.me>, Duhast <duhast@123gmail.com> wrote: >On 4/9/2025 12:02 PM, Hugh Hood wrote:

On 4/8/25 10:22 PM, Duhast wrote:

Is there a way to change the filetype from Applesoft?-a Or is there a
way to get BLOAD to load any file regardless of type without
specifying the T parameter?

In addition to ProCMD as Kelvin suggested, in the ProDOS 8 environment
ProTERM 3.1 allows file type and aux type changes.

Also, stock AppleWorks 5.1 has a file type changer, and if you add the
InitPack, also allows aux type changes.




Hugh Hood

I want the filetype change to be done under Applesoft if possible.

I want to BSAVE a file, and when I type BSAVE test,a$2000,l100,T$FF as
an example, I get a file type mismatch error. Does the T parameter not
work with BSAVE?

Can you BLOAD any file without the T parameter?

You cannot create a new file with BSAVE with a new type. You must CREATE it first.

CREATE test,t$ff
BSAVE test,a$2000,l100,t$ff

You can then BLOAD it as well, but you'll almost certainly need to give the address:

BLOAD test,a$2000,t$ff

I'm not really sure what you're up to, you may run into other problems.

Kent
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On 4/16/2025 10:45 PM, Kent Dickey wrote:

You cannot create a new file with BSAVE with a new type. You must CREATE it first.

CREATE test,t$ff
BSAVE test,a$2000,l100,t$ff

You can then BLOAD it as well, but you'll almost certainly need to give the address:

BLOAD test,a$2000,t$ff

I'm not really sure what you're up to, you may run into other problems.

Kent

I'm fooling with the SHR page, I want to load $C1 types, but then they
get saved as BIN and I just want to make it all the $C1 so that I don't
have to check filetype on every operation.


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