I'm also a bit fuzzy on the details, but I believe that you can fix the corrupted files by opening them in a more recent DrRacket and then saving them again (or copying and pasting them back to the original DrRacket if necessary).
(Also, FWIW, v4.2 is older than Windows 7 ...) Robby On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Matthias Felleisen <matth...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > > I believe that this is the broken version. It's so old I cannot really recall > the details. [Someone correct me if I am wrong.] The easiest fix is to > upgrade. > > For now, tell students not to insert images or graphical syntax into > drracket. Instead build images with the primitives. > > We will release a new version soon (5.2) and I urge you to upgrade to that > one as soon as your tech guy can handle it. > > -- Matthias > > > > > > On Oct 13, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Erwin Hildebrandt wrote: > >> With regards to the error below, we are using dr Scheme v4.2 (I know its an >> old version but the tech guys at my school take months to test every upgrade >> that we ask for) and we are running windows 7. >> >> I copied the entire error message below again: >> >>>> insert-file in text% error loading file (read from file failed) === >>>> context === >> >> >> >> Thanks for your help >> >> Erwin >> >> On 12-Oct-11, at 7:12 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi -- this sounds like an old error from a couple of years ago. >>> >>> Which version of DrRacket (formerly DrScheme) are you using? >>> Which OS? Or does this error happen across OSes? >>> >>> -- Matthias >>> >>> (p.s. I wouldn't be frustrated with the error message in this >>> case but with the error. But if you face what I think it is, >>> there is a remedy.) >>> >>> >>> On Oct 12, 2011, at 8:02 PM, Erwin Hildebrandt wrote: >>> >>>> Hello >>>> >>>> I am teaching dr. Scheme to high school students and recently have had >>>> many students lose their work when their Scheme file cannot be opened. >>>> The error given is: >>>> >>>> insert-file in text% error loading file (read from file failed) === >>>> context === >>>> >>>> Any ideas what is causing thi?. It sometimes happens when they are >>>> inserting images they have found from the internet but it is not >>>> consistent. >>>> >>>> thanks >>>> >>>> Erwin Hildebrandt >>>> River East Collegiate >>>> _________________________________________________ >>>> For list-related administrative tasks: >>>> http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users >>> >> >> _________________________________________________ >> For list-related administrative tasks: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users > > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users > _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
