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Nan - 21 Jun 2004 23:10 GMT

Sometimes I have .pdfs that download from sites as a
"filenamepdf.asp". Apple System Profiler then spins trying to open it
to no avail of course. I have looked through file helpers and can't
find one that connects to apple system profiler. Otherwise I have to
go in and manually change the file name to .pdf after it downloads.
Only happens intermittently. Using 10.2.8 and IE 5.2.2. Encoding
Converter: Version 1.8.1
Any suggestions? Please advise
thanks

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Stephen Adams - 22 Jun 2004 01:41 GMT

> Sometimes I have .pdfs that download from sites as a
> "filenamepdf.asp". Apple System Profiler then spins trying to open it
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> Any suggestions? Please advise
> thanks

I too have noticed this happening when using IE. When I get bored or
frustrated with manually renaming the downloaded .PDF, I make note of
the Web site and use another browser in the future (that is, if I'm
downloading additional .PDFs from them at a future time). Usually,
Safari, Camino, or Firefox will download .PDFs with the correct naming.

Other than that, I don't know of anyway to get IE to correctly rename
files served by .ASP pages.

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