Hi
Firstly, very sorry for the delay in replying. I''ve been abroad on
holiday and off line and just got back today.
dcapone at riseup.net wrote:> I''ve been using the weft software for data coding my
master''s thesis.
> everything''s been going well... until today. I went to open my
project
> and got the error message "marshal data too short". Uh..
hello... what
> the heck is marshal data?
It''s part of the file storage, but I have no idea how it could have got
corrupted - I can only see it happening through a faulty hard disk
sector or power failure.> Has anyone dealt with this little bugger
> before?
I haven''t seen it before or heard it reported before in
Weft.> is there anyway around it?
Not within the software itself.> I can''t find a way. tried rebooting,
> re-installing the program etc. of course, my thesis is due in less than
> two weeks and now i''m locked out of my data. help... please...!
>
Ideally you''d revert to a dated backup, but I''m guilty too of
sometimes
not keeping these
I *may* be able to salvage something of your project over the next day
or two if you''re willing to send me your file. I''ll contact
you off-list
tomorrow.
alex