Re: FN-FORUM problem using notepad

date posted 20th January 2002 11:55

must agree that Textpad is the best editing prog i've used. Can work with
multiple pages at a time, can find/replace in multiple documents and colours
tags for extra help. Very nice indeed.

Iain
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nigel Lee" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM problem using notepad


> Hi all,
>
> FYI: MS-Word is the same.
>
> If you opt to save a file as document.fax (without quotes), then the
> resultant file will be document.fax.doc.
>
> However, if you use "WordPad", or my preference "TextPad", for editing
> ASCII files then you'll avoid this "feature".
>
> BFN,
>
> Nigel
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> >Then you're not doing EXACTLY what people recommended. It works on every
PC
> >I've ever tried it on from Windows 95 original retail to Windows XP Pro
over
> >a very long time period and including some very big organizations. The
> >double quotes method ALWAYS works. It won't rename an existing file
unless
> >you do save as. Then you'll have two files one ending in .txt and one
not.
> >If you reopen the file from the docs menu, you'll get the .txt one, or
it'll
> >open in the browser. Of course, it's always a good idea to keep file
> >extensions turned on all the time. If it won't work for you, just write a
> >simple batch file to rename *.txt to *.htm in the appropriate directory.
> >
> >Change to all files, then type file name OR enclose filenames in double
> >quotes.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "marco polo" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> >To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> >Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 3:03 AM
> >Subject: Re: FN-FORUM problem using notepad
> >
> >
> > > i did the same, but it still doesn't work. from my experience it
depends
> >on
> > > each individual computer which is strange...
> > >
> > > marco
> > >
> > > >From: "Vendetta Sales and Admin" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > >To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > >Subject: Re: FN-FORUM problem using notepad
> > > >Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 14:26:33 -0000
> > > >
> > > >a) change the file type to "all files" before you save
> > > >
> > > >b) enclose the entire name in " " eg "hello.php"
> > > >
> > > >"This behaviour is by design"
> > > >
> > > >Kathy
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "marco polo" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > >To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > >Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 1:43 PM
> > > >Subject: FN-FORUM problem using notepad
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > i'm a bit tit-up with the way windows saves unrecognized file
types.
> > > > > everytime i use notepad and want to save file types such as .php
they
> > > >end
> > > >up
> > > > > in .php.txt. how can i get rid of this hassle?
> > > > >
> > > > > marco
>
>
>
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