115. Saving files ~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are using a program which saves files onto disc, (sequential files that is, not random-access ones), then you can come up against a snag. If the file is 'sandwiched' in between other files on the disc, and you attempt to save an amended version of that file under the same name, then you may run into trouble if the new version is longer than the old. You can get the error message "Can't extend", which means that the new version won't fit in the space available. If this happens, and you are able to enter "*" commands without quitting the program, then *DELETE the file on the disc, and then save the new version again. This time, the file will not be put back in the same place, but will be put after all the other files on the disc. If there isn't room there either, then you will get the message "Can't extend", or much more likely, "Disc full". If this is the case, then you will have no option but to save your file on a separate disc, and *COPY it back onto the original after using *COMPACT. Note that you do not get "Can't extend" errors with Wordwise-Plus, which in effect uses *SAVE rather than OPENOUT, but I seem to remember that you can get it with some if not all versions of Wordwise.