Re: [icon-users] abort on fetch when opening docx file
- From: Richard Porter <ricp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 15:42:39 +0100
On 10 May 2012 John Harrison wrote:
>> When I try to open the following file with EasiWrite (V 9.00) it fails
>> and EasiWrite exits with message abort at &BFFBFC00
>> http://rickman.orpheusweb.co.uk/temp/BigLunch.docx
> When I download it, it appeared as a text file (despite having the correct
> entry in MimeMap) so I dragged it onto EW, and it opened with lots of
> gibberish characters.
Actually MimeMap doesn't come into play here. The web site should
transfer the Content-type but it's not doing so correctly, possibly
because the server doesn't recognise .docx files.
I had to change the file type to MSWordX.
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Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/
mailto:ricp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I don't want a "user experience" - I just want stuff that works.
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