How to change a *.vhd under Notepad++ to a *.txt file format

[Weng Tianxiang]

Hi,

I need to change a *.vhd file under Notepad++ to a *.txt file with ASCII character.

Notepad++ does not provide *.txt file format, and text file is saved under Notepad++ format.

I cannot open Notepad file, saying that the required operation needs elevation.

Thank you.

Weng

[rickman]

I don't understand your problem. Both .vhd and .txt files are typically
ASCII character files. You can make a copy of the .vhd file with the
Windows explorer, then change the name to *.txt and it should be what you wish.

Editors like Notepad++ are also called "text" editors because they edit text
files.

What format does Notepad++ use?

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[Weng Tianxiang]

Rick,

Your help is greatly appreciated!!!

I am applying a new patent application. When I upload the *.txt file, USPTO said that there is an error, "Text file must be ASCII".

Actually I use Textpad software to edit my source code. Usually I select all *.hdl, copy, then paste it to Windows Notepad and use the notepad to save *.txt. Because my computer is Windows 7.0, notepad no longer works, and Microsoft only provides notepad updates under 8.0 or above.

Thank you.

Weng

[rickman]

You are welcome, add my name to the patent.

[Igmar Palsenberg]

On Sunday, 31 December 2017 20:49:27 UTC+1, Weng Tianxiang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to change a *.vhd file under Notepad++ to a *.txt file with ASCII character.
>
> Notepad++ does not provide *.txt file format, and text file is saved under Notepad++ format.

Sure it does. I'm assuming you're talking about the version from https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

> I cannot open Notepad file, saying that the required operation needs elevation.

That's a permission issue. In general, save as a .txt file, and make sure you pick ASCII / ANSI as a character set.


Igmar


> Thank you.
>
> Weng

[Weng Tianxiang]

Hi,

I finally resolved the question on how to upload a TXT file to USPTO as computer listing.

The reason is not which code software you use, but because my code has some copy from my patent specification written in Microsoft WORD which uses non-ASCII character set that causes my HDL file has characters with value equal to or greater than h80 and those characters are non-ASCII.

Thank you, Rick and Igmar.

Weng

[rickman]

Just so you know in the future, Microsoft Word is not a text editor and does
not produce text files by default, but you probably can "save as" a text
file. I don't use Microsoft Word, but I can "save as" a text file from
LibreOffice.