Aha I see it worked. I did try to reinstall before, but the installer
didn't overwrite the newer version - so after manually deleting
ratshopper.exe like you described it worked.
I am a new ratshopper user, so I think it should not be too hard to
find out the conditions under which this happens. I just installed
ratshopper with the installer program, copied over the new
ratshopper.exe and that was it. I didn't have a hs2list.tps or
units.tps yet, maybe that was the problem? Anyway it works now for me,
thanks!

cheers,

roel


--- In RatShopper@yahoogroups.com, black_rat_software <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
>
> Looks like some problem converting data from the old version to the
> new - but I'm not sure under what conditions this happens.
>
> There are two options
>
> -----------------
> 1. go back to the previous version and wait while I try to figure a
> way around this. You need to go back to the previous version of
> ratshopper.exe - if you did not make a backup - then delete
> ratshopper.exe and download again [if you need to]
> ratshopper_2_10_full.zip - run the install and make sure to specify
> repair.
> --------------
> 2.
> delete hs2list.tps - this will delete the current copy of the database
> you were editing and if you had not exported to the PDA, then you lose
> the last changes - but most likely it's ok
>
> delete units.tps - this deletes a control file that specifies the
> units values you have on your Palm for inputting to HandyShopper -
>
> Run ratshopper it should work ok
>
> There are normally only 4 lines in this units.tps file - you will have
> to manually reenter data to match your PDA using 'Browse Units
> Defaults'
>
> Normally the values are
> gals
> lbs
> ozs
> pts
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In RatShopper@yahoogroups.com, "RoelVanhout" <roelvanhout@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just installed Ratshopper, the 2.10 version and I copied over the
> > updated executable in the zip for the 2.15 version, but when I run
> the
> > program I get the following error:
> >
> > file hs2parms could not be opened. error: invalid record
> declaration
> > (47). press ok to end this application
> >
> > Sorry if this is a faq, but do you know what is wrong?
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > roel