That doesn't sound right. You should send us some code so that we can better assist.
Eric
>If you execute the commands
>"save file1"
>"save file2"
>
>and then proceed to make changes to file 2 (like generating
>variables), are all these (subsequent) changes automatically made to
>file1?
>
>I executed this series of commands and this seems to have happened to me.
>
>Thanks,
>Rachel
>
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