[TheForge] COSIRA documents- "can't find adobe"

Mon Apr 19 18:50:59 2004

Try this. On the task bar click Start, Settings, Folder options. Click the 
file types tab. Find the adobe acrobat document listing and hilite it. 
Click remove. Download the files. when you try to open them you will be 
asked what program to use. Have the always use box checked and choose 
Adobe. The listing will be back in the file types list again.

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:56:47 -0400, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dan, I must be looking in the wrong place. The only versions I find are 
> those that are split into parts. Can you let me know the URL for the 
> whole books (the "main page of the website" you refer to below)?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Smith
>
> Daniel T. Hayes wrote:
>
>> Ray,
>>
>> I've tried that with mixed success. None of the files open correctly by
>> simply clicking on them. I get the series of error messages previously
>> described.
>>
>> I was able to "right click" and save all of the files on the main page 
>> of
>> the website as .pdf files. Once saved, I can open them without problem.
>> Those documents for which you are directed to another page, and then 
>> told to
>> download a section at a time, are definitely still a problem. When I 
>> try to
>> open one of them directly, my system recognizes them a .pdf files and 
>> tries
>> to open them with Acrobat. I then simply get the series of error 
>> messages.
>> If I right click and choose "save target as", my system merely saves the
>> current screen as html. I tries as the second page links. The only one 
>> I was
>> able to save as a .pdf was the first section under "Wrought Ironwork: an
>> manual of instructions for craftsmen".
>>
>> Like I said before, there is definitely a problem with the website, and 
>> it
>> hasn't been fixed yet (it appears that they fixed the first page only). 
>> As
>> I'm sure a few on this list will attest, website design can be 
>> difficult,
>> particularly when it comes to assuring compatibility with all/most 
>> systems.
>> Anyway, I was able to download some good stuff and really do appreciate 
>> what
>> the folks at The Countryside Agency are trying to do.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] 
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>> On Behalf Of [email protected]
>> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 12:33 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: RE: [TheForge] COSIRA documents- "can't find adobe"
>>
>> Have you tried "right" clicking and saving the files, then trying to 
>> open
>> them qith Adobe?
>>
>> That worked on my Mac.
>>
>> Ray Miller
>> Cincinnnati
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