> Charles Small wrote: > > >> For some reason, every time I go to your link, Acrobat launches, but all I > >> get is a 12 page blank document. Anyone else having this problem? > >> > > > > Sort of. What happens here is: Acrobat 2.1 launches automatically and gives me > >a blank document. But if I start Acrobat 4 *first* and then go to the link, I get > >the whole nine yards. > > Phil Daley wrote: > I was about to suggest it was a version problem. Get Version 5. > The file name of Hal's document contains two periods. This may be the cause of the problem given that there is a lack of standardisation between computer platforms and operating systems regarding the format of file names and which part of the name should be treated as the *extension* indicating the type of file.
Perhaps Hal could rename his very useful file by removing the first period and we could see if the problems persist. I suspect it may disappear. This is my experience. Using Internet Explorer/Outlook Express_5.5 I used Hal's link to save the file directly to disk on my WIN_NT_4 Server without opening it. Later, clicking on the file name in Windows Explorer it opened automatically in Acrobat Exchange_3.1. Similarly, I accessed the copy on my server from a WIN_2000 workstation where it opened automatically in Acrobat Reader_5.05. Following the postings on this list I attempted to open the the file directly from Hal's link. An Internet Explorer window opened to display the file - OK - but it simply contained an icon indicating that the file was unavailable - not OK - no evidence that anything was retrieved. The WIN_NT_4 and WIN_2000 OS's recognise the text after the -last- period as the file extension *pdf* and correctly associate the file with the required Acrobat program on each system. My theory is that IE 5.5 (perhaps to maintain compatibility with older DOS/WIN conventions) uses the text after the -first- period, ie *WinK...*, as the extension and fails to make an association with any reader program. Hence it fails to download the file and displays an icon indicating that the file is unavailable. As other listers have indicated, if Acrobat Reader is started first and the file is opened using the File menu then the document should open correctly because the program does not need to detect and act upon the extension. On other platforms (Apple?) and different software installations IE may behave differently but equally unsatisfactorily. Any other explanations? Kenneth Kuhlmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
