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_Ben_Grefsrud_
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September 4, 2008
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HELP! Illegal operand error - can't open file! (v.2)

  • September 4, 2008
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I have a file that I've done about 40 hours on since last duplicating it. It's been saved multiple times, and successfully. Now, however the file seems to be corrupt. I'm getting the following error message when opening it:

Cant open the illustration. The illustration contains an illegal operand.
Offending operator: ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

After i last closed the file, i've defragged my hard drive because it's been sluggish. Ive also deleted a couple of random temp files that I'm now thinking may have been in regards to the Ai file. Does anyone have any ideas on what i can do to open this file (preferable) or anything else?
Thanks in advance for any help or info you can provide!
Ben
(ps-this is my second posting of this - frantically trying to fix this and didn't pay attention to what i was typing. i forgot to mention a few things so i just resubmitted rather than constantly adding messages. thanks for understanding ;)
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      _Ben_Grefsrud_Author
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      September 5, 2008
      hi steve -
      sorry about that - i had replied to your email yesterday and i guess it didn't send. Anyway, yes, i had already tried this. I tried placing it into a blank page and it gave me an error saying it had no PDF content - wouldn't place anything. I've also tried placing it in other apps as well. any other ideas?
      Jacob Bugge
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      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
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      September 5, 2008
      Hi Steve, when shall we be going nuts, or rather acorns?
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      _Stephen_Fish_
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      September 4, 2008
      Ben:

      Jacob suggested that you make a new blank document in AI and then File> Place the old .ai document into it. Did you try this?

      steve
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      _Ben_Grefsrud_Author
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      September 4, 2008
      well, I've tried opening it, placing it in multiple programs and can't get it to even open. any other ideas or do you know of a way to "force open" it or something? This is on a PC by the way, if that makes a difference.
      Jacob Bugge
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      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
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      September 4, 2008
      Ben,

      Corrupted files are difficult. The first and simplest thing to try is to place it in a new document.
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