on 19/12/02 6:12 am, Alan Sargent at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At 04:34 PM 18/12/02 -0800, Jake Stickelmeyer jstickel-at-olypen.com wrote: >> The ones >> listed as .htm opened up Explorer but only showed blank pages with a little >> red stop sign with an X. I tried dragging the icon for these to the Mozilla >> application icon but it wouldn't highlight or open. >> >> Any suggestions on how to open these? > > Open with a text editor -- BBedit for example. At least you will be able > (if it really is HTML) to read the text amongst the codes. If you have any > knowledge of HTML you might be able to fix them -- possibly for instance > they have references to files that aren't there -- it's too common, for > instance, to see a file linked or included like file://c:\my > documents\somefile.jpg (syntax may be wrong, but similar), especially in > HTML from Word or Frontpage. Also perhaps there are javascripts that don't > work, I'd just delete everything between <script> and </script>. > Alternatively, look for a free or shareware HTML editor which might be able > to interpret it. (Dreamweaver probably could, but it's not free, sorry I > can't recommend another off the top of my head.) Word can probably be > persuaded to display it too -- as HTML code (like BBedit does) if not laid > out. >
Another text-editor you could try is Tex-edit Plus from www.tex-edit.com. (Tex-Edit Plus 4.1.3 for OS 9). Gerry D. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
