Re: test my zip

very strange!! I didn't have the same results at all...they were a perfectly
readable .gif and txt extension on a windows 98 PC unzipped with winzip (not
that that should make a difference)

Deb
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Holm" <david.holm(at)rivcom.net>
To: "Ken Lanxner" <klanxner(at)home.com>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: test my zip


> Your file downloads and unzips just fine. Creates it directory and
> everything. One problem though, all file extensions have a d added to the
> end of them. so you get 2 *.gifd files and 1 *.txtd file, which windows
will
> not recognize. After renaming they are readily usable, I was able to view
> the *.gif's and read the *.txt. This is fine for those that know what they
> are doing but would confuse many others.
> --
> David Holm <david.holm(at)rivcom.net>
> System Administrator, River Communications
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Lanxner" <klanxner(at)home.com>
> To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 1:32 PM
> Subject: test my zip
>
>
> : Would some kind soul on a PC please test the following link to a .zip
> : file to see if it works?
> :
> : http://www.teachmoregames.com/test/teachmore.zip
> :
> : It should download a zipped file which expands to a folder containing a
> : text file and two gifs. These are educational math products.
> :
> : I used apps on my Mac to process the text document for PCs and to zip
> : the whole thing but I don't know if everything worked. Both my regular
> : PC testers are out of town right now!!!
> :
> : Is there anything special I need to do with the filenames that I didn't
> : do? And the images should open in any graphics program that handles gifs
> : -- correct? -- even though it is saved as a Fireworks file? A .sit file
> : is available on the site for Macs but it works just fine.
> :
> : Thanks very much in advance. I've never had to do this kind of thing
> : before.
> :
> : Ken
> :
> :
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