> -----Original Message-----
> From: iMac List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ben
> Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 4:27 PM
> To: iMac List
> Subject: Re: reading ebooks in .exe format?
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: iMac List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lars
> > Harbo Christiansen
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 12:29 PM
> > To: iMac List
> > Subject: reading ebooks in .exe format?
> >
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> > I'm not sure if this is a dumb question, but here goes:
> > Surfing the net, I come across this or that e-book for free download.
> > Wanting to see it, I download it only to find that it's in .exe format.
> > Is there a program for OSX that allows you to open such a file.
> > Apart from Virtual PC, of course.
> >
> > Thanks for helping (I hope;-)
> >
> > Lars Harbo
> >
>
> Chances are that it is a self-extracting .zip archive, I don't know if
> Stuffit or one of the Mac zip utilities would be able to open it, the best
> option would be to get a friend with a PC to open it and then if needed to
> re-compress it with Stuffit for windows (or WinZip as the Mac can
> cope with
> .zip files OK).
> Ben.
>

Also as a follow-up,
Some web sites I have just looked at claim that OSx can handle
self-extracting .exe files, there is also a shareware utility called 'MacPAR
deLux' that handles self extracting files under OSx, I have not tried it but
it may be worth a go, the URL is:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~gp/MacPAR_deLuxe/index.html
Ben.


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