On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 10:04:46AM +1000, David wrote: > Since I steadfastly refuse to run a windows box on principle, what can I > do with it to turn it into useful information? Is there any GOOD reason > why the ATO should not provide the information as something like a > tab-delimited spreadsheet format, given the essential and public nature of > the data?
Because Billy sucks as hard as his software? To identify what it is, try running the magical 'file' command (it truly is magic, I love it) over the file in question. Oddly though, I just went looking for Form 1005 on the ATO website. I got two hits -- both for PAYG witholding tables. Clicked on the one for next FY, got a PDF, downloaded, viewed fine. Perchance your browser isn't looking at the HTTP headers properly? The link is http://www.ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/44998.htm -- which means that, by default, the save name of the document will be 'distributor.asp' (since that's the name of the file you're accessing). But pages can override that by setting the Content-Disposition header, which the ATO appears to be doing. So what you probably have is a PDF in that distributor.asp file you've got. So, for once, it's not Gatesware screwing up, it's your browser. Particularly ironic is that fact that, had the same error turned up on a Windows box, you could have had all sorts of troubles renaming it so a PDF reader would actually deign to read it... - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
