See answers interspersed below.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Holsberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: When is a ZIP not a ZIP?
Tom Lominac wrote:
You're gonna love this...
I have two PCs--one with StarOffice8 (essentially OO with some bells &
whistles) and one without.
On the PC without, using IE6, I get a "Cannot find server or DNS error."
(on the other hand, using Avant Browser (built on the IE engine, using
IE's Internet settings), I get the same thing plus a dialog box allowing
me to save with the .odt extension.
Huh? Is that the only choice the dialog box offered? (Is that what I've
been calling a "File Download" window?)
Yes to the 2nd question. To the first, Avant on the PC without StarOffice
offers only the "save" (as "templates.odt") and "cancel" offers.
On the StarOffice PC, using IE6, (Avant not installed there) I get the
same thing, along with a dialog box asking if I want to save the file,
WITH a .zip extension.
Did it offer to open it with StarOfffice?
On the StarOffice PC, the dialog box from IE offers three choices: "open",
"save" (as "templates.zip"), and "cancel." I tried again with the "open"
option, and the filed opened in WinZip.
I did save the file, and double-clicked on it. As you might expect, it
opened in WinZip
I wouldn't have expected that unless IE changed the filetype from ODT to
ZIP!
That's apparently what happened.
Part of the explanation, I think, is that StarOffice and Open Office use
xml in storing documents, and combine several files into one compressed
library file using a format recognized by WinZip.
Why would IE change the filetype? I gave you a link to an ODT file. It
should have been treated as an ODT file.
I'm as mystified as you at that. And are there other filetypes that IE
changes?
When I put www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/templates.odt in the address box
of IE, the file download window says that the file name is
templates.ZIP!!! Why is that when no other browser wants to change the
file name???
Again, a mystery. Incidentally, the Firefox dialog box offers "open with
Star Office 8," "save," and "cancel" as well. (the first two with an .odt
extension). Also, I uploaded the file to another server, thinking maybe the
download site was doing some manipulation, but the behavior is the
same--it's now online at http://sun.vmi.edu/lominac/templates.odt)
Thanks for taking the time to try this.
--
Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ
Treat everyone the way you want to be treated.
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