Re: [WinMac] Downloading hqx files from PC problem
Robert James, Jr.(rjames[at]chi1.uncfsu.edu)
Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:49:11 EST
> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:40:00 -0400
> To: "The Windows-MacOS cooperation list" <winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu>
> From: Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@Adobe.COM>
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] Downloading hqx files from PC problem
> Reply-to: "The Windows-MacOS cooperation list"
> <winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu>
> At 10:47 AM -0500 7/28/98, Robert James, Jr. wrote:
> >Have you tried saving the file as a ".SIT" file before downloading,
> >instead of as a ".HQX"? I've always done it this way, and it always
> >works for me.
> >
> Extension doesn't matter to Expander (Mac or Win) - it actually
> looks at the data inside the file to determine what it is.
>
Yeah, I've always believed that was the case with most applications
in opening documents. However, I've found that with some apps,
saving with a different extension can work.
I know you said you wrote Expander, so you should know; I just
thought it was worth a try, since no one has been able to come up
with a solution for Changhsu's problem.
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Robert James, Jr., Coordinator
Fine Arts Resource Center
Dept. of Fine Arts & Humanities <http://www.uncfsu.edu/w4/dpt/fah/index.htm>
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Email: rjames@chi1.uncfsu.edu
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