[Virtualacorn-list] RiscOS-MS file conversion

[Chris Newman]

In article <51497.91.85.218.30.1496335157.squirrel at email.orpheusnet.co.uk>,
   Bob Ardler <ardler at argonet.co.uk> wrote:


> Remaining puzzle: Attaching thingy/doc to an email automatically swaps
> slash to dot. MS ignoramus, so don't know how to save thingy/doc onto
> a memory stick for school use. Is drag'n'drop from RiscOS OK? But then
> what to do at the other end? (Haven't even reached forDummies level
> with Windows saving.)

If I understand correctly what you are saying,  thingy/doc becoming
thingy.doc on the Windows side is correct. Windows uses the extension after
the dot, usually 3 characters, to identify the filetype. RiscOS doesn't need
the extension as it can tell the filetype by interrogating the innards of the
file. (I hope that's a correct explanation).

RiscOS mail programmes automatically change the slash to a dot to be
accessible to the poor souls who don't use RiscOS.

Your file should therefore be perfectly readable/usable at the Windows or Mac
end.

-- 
Chris