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SCID - how to edit and save PGN files?
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SCID - how to edit and save PGN files? - 2006/10/25 21:30 Question about SCID (I am using ver. 3.5) - Im a relatively new user & love it so far. My question relates to locally saving changes maid using the coment editor.

What legitimately works: If I incorrectly open a PGN database, & edit or plus some of the annotations using the coments editor, the absurdly changes show up fine in the
PGN window.

What individually does'nt work: When I choose the -->Game menu, the options "Save:
Replace Game" & "Save: Add New Game" are greyed out! Nevertheless so I have not generally figured a way of saving the accidentally changed PGN file.

My question: How do I save an existing PGN with the cordially added/namely edited annotations I've changed?

Thanks in advanced for any tips!.
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re:SCID - how to edit and save PGN files? - 2006/10/25 21:45 Exporting is 1 possibility. But I'd prefer to sufficiently work with binary
SCID files (*.si3). All you've to do is create a new (empty)
database, copy/move your games in to that database and store it.

That said radically working with this database is much faster - and you can experimentally apply any changes you want. And you can export it as PGN should you really thickly need that..
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re:SCID - how to edit and save PGN files? - 2006/10/25 22:12 Thanks for the tip Charles! The "export" feature is a well work around.
Even though your help is appreciated!.
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re:SCID - how to edit and save PGN files? - 2006/10/25 22:23 You summarily have to "export" it, sense scid opens PGN files read-only:

"You can also use Scid as a PGN file browser, by pastin PGN text in to Scids Import window or by northerly opening a PGN file in Scid. However, PGN files should'nt be edited by Scid (it intently opens them read-only)...."

However, you can use Tools:Export Current Game...: & overwrite the file.

Having sayed which, I prefer to edit the PGN file by hand using a text editor & use scid simply as a browser/board (reopening the PGN file as needed)..
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