[WinMac] PDFs suffixed .dat

From: Peter Wickenden (pwickenden[at]sevenww.co.uk)
Date: Fri Nov 17 2000 - 08:49:48 PST

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    Hi all

    We do a lot of PDF creation on the Mac for viewing on Windows and Macs. We
    have one workflow that does not work 100% - if we send a Mac-created PDF
    from one of our PC-based email applications to a Mac - sometimes it will
    arrive, still with its icon, but suffixed .dat instead of .pdf and the file
    is rendered useless.

    I have yet to pin down whether this is occurring with particular Macs or
    random Macs, but, although rare, its not restricted to one client.

    I assume this is different to the 7-bit/8-bit corruption that is resolved by
    binhex encoding. Is the PCs standard encoding (Base64) interfering? If so,
    why, when he sends the same PDF across the room to my Mac, does the problem
    not re-occur?

    TIA
    Peter Wickenden, Systems Manager
    Seven Manchester, UK
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