Chris, You supply very little useful information, so it is not possible to give you much useful advice.
1 Does the file have an extension? If so, what is the extension? If you have extensions hidden as a MacOS Preference, you can find the extension using Get Info from the Finder's File menu. 2 Have you tried opening the file with TextEdit? If this works then amongst the gibberish you sometimes get a hint as to what type of file it is, and therefore what type of application may be able to open it. 3 Try the Finder's Open with, and then choose Other… as the application. Then, at the bottom of the Choose Application window change the Enable: choice from Recommended Applications to Enable: All Applications. Then choose a likely application and see what happens. Keep trying different apps. 4 Knowing what the originating app was would also be useful, even if it came from a Windows machine. On 26/02/2012, at 7:00 PM, Chris Burton wrote: > Good afternoon muggers > > I have received an xml file from a collegue of mine (a result of an export > from a database) and I cant open it with the applications that show up when > 'open with' is applied. > > Can someone please point me in the direction of an application and/or utility > that I can use to open it? > > Thanks very much for any advice on this > > Best regards > > Chris > > > Christopher L.K. Burton > Director > Western Whale Research > PO Box 1076 > Dunsborough WA 6281 > Mobile: 0419 199 120 > Email: [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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Regards, Ray Forma 50 Harvest Road, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia Tel +61 (0) 8 9335 6568 Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
