Re: [WinMac] Binary downloads

Richard Laycock(rlaycock[at]earthlink.net)
Fri, 1 Jan 1999 09:06:51 -0800 (PST)

>Ok, question about .bin files on the net.
>
>I cannot get Netscape Navigator 4.07 to properly address any program to
>automatically open these files after downloading. I use a Mac, and have
>tried using MacBinary II and some other little binary opener and StuffIt
>Expander. None of them work, although the problem appears to be Netscape,
>not the utility opener. I think it used to work occasionally before
>version 3 of Netscape, but hasn't since.
>
>I have also tried this on the PC with v4.06 with no success.
>
>Maybe I have the wrong MIME type. It should be x-binary or x-macbinary,
>correct?
>
>Jeff T
>thorstadj@macconnect.com
>

Jeff,

It works fine for me in 4.06. The preferences > applications settings are:
for x-binary (Stuffit Expander) & binary executable (Stuffit Expander). I'm
using the Expander 4.5.

                     Richard L.

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