Fwd: Open notebooks created in Window with Macintosh computers
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- Subject: [mg37715] Fwd: [mg37638] Open notebooks created in Window with Macintosh computers
- From: Garry Helzer <gah at math.umd.edu>
- Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 00:30:24 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Doris, The problem is not at your end, it is at his end. I suspect that he is still using OS 9, where this was a constant aggravation. Notebooks arriving as attachments are not recognized. (The same file inserted on a windows formatted floppy will be recognized.) I wound up writing an applescript to change the creator flag on such files but discarded it when I moved to OS 10--where it is easy to set the OS to recognize the .nb extension. Begin forwarded message: > From: doris.siegl at gmx.at (Doris S.) To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Date: Thu Nov 7, 2002 6:41:27 AM US/Eastern > To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Subject: [mg37715] [mg37638] Open notebooks created in Window with Macintosh > computers > > Hi there! > > I have the following problem: > > I created notebooks with Mathematica 4 on a Windows PC. I stored it > with "Save As..." as Name.nb . Then I sent it by email as an > attachment to a Professor of mine. He is using a Macintosh > (Mathematica 4 / 4.1). When he saves the attachment on his hard disk > (as Name.nb) Mathematica doesn¥t recognize this file and doesn¥t open > it. Changing the name of the stored file to Name.txt and then again to > Name.nb solves this problem, the notebook can be opened. > > How do I have to save the notebook or send the attachment that the > notebook can be opened at once without renaming the extension? > > > I appreciate any help! > TIA > > Doris S. > > Garry Helzer Department of Mathematics University of Maryland 1303 Math Bldg College Park, MD 20742-4015