For the latest AmiBlitz I received the secret to getting it to run. After saving the bb2 file to a .ab3 in 3.08, I was able to open and compile in latest AmiBlitz build 3.14.0.
Here is what he said: “So I really do not understand why he still use the old BB2 file format. Ask him to switch to the AB3 file format. That solves the problem”