Accessing backup workfiles

[jthodge]

How do I access/open a backup workfile (i.e. the previous version of a workfile that is created upon saving, with file extension ".~f1")?

Eviews doesn't seem to know what to do with these files ... when I try to open it, Eviews gives me a Binary Read dialog box.

What am I doing wrong?

[startz]

How do I access/open a backup workfile (i.e. the previous version of a workfile that is created upon saving, with file extension ".~f1")?

Eviews doesn't seem to know what to do with these files ... when I try to open it, Eviews gives me a Binary Read dialog box.

What am I doing wrong?

Change the extension back to ".wf1"

For example, change "file.~f1" to "mybackup.wf1"

[jthodge]

That was simple enough ... thanks.

I still think Eviews should be able to open the ~.f1 file type as a valid workfile.