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    Alexander Elan Constantino
    last edited by Jun 16, 2021, 12:00 AM

    Hello! I’m wondering how to copy this to another document?
    Notepad thing.PNG

    The problem is that it becomes this:
    Notepad Thing Pt 2.PNG
    That corrupts the format and makes it so that the game that I’m modding doesn’t load this UI thing.

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      Terry R
      last edited by Jun 16, 2021, 12:09 AM

      @Alexander-Elan-Constantino said in Question About Formatting:

      Hello! I’m wondering how to copy this to another document?

      It would appear from the images presented that the file is a binary one. Sure you may be able to see some text as possibly it also includes “normal” characters however the “other” characters such as NUL are Notepad++ trying to interpret the codes and unable to represent the character correctly.

      And that is because Notepad++ is a text editor not a binary one.

      For getting an exact copy use the windows explorer function to make a copy which will be a clone. However since it appears you are trying to alter settings so your app will be customised to your needs, using Notepad++ to perform edits on this file will very likely end in abject failure.

      Terry

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        PeterJones @Alexander Elan Constantino
        last edited by Jun 16, 2021, 12:23 AM

        @Alexander-Elan-Constantino

        The Edit > Paste Special submenu has binary copy/paste that might work better.

        But as @Terry-R said, editing a binary file with a text editor is asking for trouble.

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          Alexander Elan Constantino @Terry R
          last edited by Jun 16, 2021, 12:27 AM

          @Terry-R said in Question About Formatting:

          For getting an exact copy use the windows explorer function to make a copy which will be a clone. However since it appears you are trying to alter settings so your app will be customised to your needs, using Notepad++ to perform edits on this file will very likely end in abject failure.

          Okay, that makes sense! Thank you for the information about binary files!

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