[Ipe-discuss] Recovering a corrupted ipe file

[Otfried Cheong]

On 04/02/14 23:25, Marie wrote:
> I have exactly the same problem. I created two files with Ipe on another
> computer and now when I try to open them with Ipe 7.1.4, I get the message
> "The document was created by a newer version of Ipe".
> I tried to run ipeextract but I get the message "Error parsing PDF file
> Error during extraction of XML stream."

You have seen this message, right?

http://lists.science.uu.nl/pipermail/ipe-announce/2013-November/000055.html

Open your file in a PDF viewer and check the "Document properties".  If 
it doesn't state Ipe as both the Producer and Creator of the document, 
then the file has been tampered with and no longer contains Ipe markup.

In that case, you need to look for an older version that has not yet 
been tampered with.  Also look for autosave files (Ipe -> Help -> Show 
configuration will tell you where autosave files are stored).  Ipe never 
deletes autosave files, so you may be lucky and find a recent version of 
your document).

If both producer and creator of your file are "Ipe" but Ipe still cannot 
open the file, then there is a bug.  Open a bug report and attach the 
file (or email it to me).

Cheers,
  Otfried