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Subject: Re: FLASH: Cross platform emailing FLA files
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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 21:00:22 GMT

Is this method true the other way around? I'm trying to open files on a PC
that I believe were created on a Mac, can't do it. Will I be able to open
the files by using your method?


>From: John Croteau <croteauaterols [dot] com>
>Reply-To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
>To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
>Subject: Re: FLASH: Cross platform emailing FLA files
>Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 15:25:54 -0500
>
>Hi Bill,
>
> > My partner and I are having problems e-mailing working FLA files, as
> > attachments, from her (using Win98) to me using MacOS 9.
> > The file on my computer is not recognized as a Flash 4 file.
>Macs use a small header (a fork) inserted at the beginning of a file to
>identify what type of file a file is. PCs don't understand Mac forks and
>use the file extension to identify what type of file a file is. So when
>someone sends an FLA created on a PC it will not have the resource fork
>that Macs use to identify files.
>
> > She is using Eudoora 4.0 am the attachments pref is set for MIME.
> > Does she have to BinHex it?
>If the file did not work after opening (as below) then you would need to
>send it compressed as zip or bin-hex because there is no MIME setting
>for FLA files. It's about a fifty-fifty proposition and we often try
>sending small files uncompressed first.
>
> > Never mind-- I just changed the file type and creator and it works. I
> > guess Flash 4 Mac cant recognize its own files ;-)
>FLA files created on a PC will not have a resource fork so will not open
>normally on a Mac. You can add the resource fork (file and creator
>types) manually or open the file in Flash with File > Open > Menu and
>change to "all formats". You should now be able to see the file and open
>it. When you save it Flash will add the proper resource fork and you
>will then be able to open it normally.
>
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