vb file becomes a binary file. Why??

Question

Hi,

I have a form.vb file that has recently became a binary file, while it supposed to be a text file. That means that I can't compare or merge it anymore. When I try so, I get error message that tells me that the file contains '\000' character, but I can't find this character although I searched the whole file.

Do you know what is that character? Why it was created, how to find and remove it?

Many Thanks

Answer 1

Yes, you can't find that in the editor, unless you use a hex editor. Copy and paste into a new .vb file should fix the problem.