Mike, Eugene, It is just a word processing file. Hence, a text file with specific formatting saved by relevant program. It should open with textedit or any text editor (Word Processor), possibly not with format or specifics of said program. If curious and issues still. Send file of list
Cheers! `RobD... On 11Jul2011, at 3:04 pm, Mike Murray wrote: > > Thanks Rod, Eugene > > Downloaded the program on the Mac and transferred the .exe program (by flash > drive) onto a Vista laptop (rarely gets used and is not connected to the > internet), program set-up worked, program opened, just like a normal word > processor, but would not open the file, > Error message appeared on the desktop: Run-time error, Component MSWINSCK.OCX > or one of its dependencies not correctly registered. I now seem to be facing > the world of registry cleaning... > > I think I might forget it. > > Cheers > Mike > > > > On 11/07/2011, at 10:09 AM, Eugene wrote: > >> Hi Mike, >> >> further to this, if you have access to a PC you can download and run the >> application from here, it is free. >> >> <http://www.balendu.com/madhyam/< >> >> Don't know if you are able to read Sanskrit etc. >> >> >> Regards, >> Eugene >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> <(null) 4.tiff> >> On 11/07/2011, at 9:28 AM, Mike Murray wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi muggers >>> >>> We've downloaded some files from an obscure UK university lecturer who >>> refers to them as databases. They may be quite old (early 2000s). >>> >>> The file extension is .mdh. I can open with Textedit and can see that there >>> is text in there (mixed up with the usual characters that describe some >>> sort of formatting) but can't make sense of the layout. Filemaker Pro will >>> also open it but just arrays all the characters across 21 fields for 2000 >>> records, with no logic. >>> >>> Anyone know what will open a .mdh file? Google is silent (although there is >>> an obscure reference to a Hindi Word Processor...) >>> >>> Cheers >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester >>> TimeTrackers >>> East Fremantle >>> Western Australia >>> >>> Tel 08 9339 8078 >>> Fax 08 9339 0519 >>> >>> British and Australian genealogical and historical research, >>> education, publishing and film-making >>> >>> www.timetrackers.com.au >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
