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This message appears when you try to open a Chief Architect file, but the file does not have any information saved in it that the program can read.

The most common reason why a plan or layout file might have no data saved in it is that it was attached to an e-mail, compressed in a zip file, or uploaded to the Internet while Chief Architect was running.

To resolve the issue, a new copy of the file must be obtained.

• If the file was sent via e-mail, a new copy must be sent.
  
  
• If the file was zipped, a new zipped file must be created.
  
  
• If the file was downloaded, a new copy must first be made available on-line. 

In any case, Chief Architect must be completely closed down (not simply minimized) before the file is attached, compressed, or uploaded.

Another less common reason why a Chief Architect file could have no data is that the file was saved across a network or onto a removable storage device, and the save command was interrupted before it was complete.  To learn more, see article 971 in this database: Error: File being read is terminated early.