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Re: More newbie questions
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 17 Aug 2000 14:34:57 GMT
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"Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.cad, Paul Sinasohn wrote:
> > 3) Why, when i click the DAT link in the LUGNET web interface, do I get a
> > default file name of LDRAW.CGI for the dat file?
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> The file-type isn't registered correctly. I don't know how to fix this,
> but I wouldn't associate CGI with MLCAD.
Why not? AFAIK, that's the only way to do it, if you want it to be
automatic. Otherwise you have to select 'open with' each time. At least
that's my experience. I didn't read anything for that, I just played around
though :) So, if there is a better way, please LMK. All I know is that
works for me.
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| (...) MLCad isn't the only thing that one could associate with .cgi, unfortunately. That's why. (.Dat either..., like I said before, we can't change it but it was a bad choice....) I don't know if this is a change in LUGNET, or a change because I (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: More newbie questions
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| (...) Some issues here: 1. The automatic way of getting MLCad (or any DAT/MPD viewer) to launch when you download a DAT or MPD file is to register the correct mime type with MLCad. (1) LUGNET serves DAT content as mime type "application/x-ldraw", so (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) I don't think the file extension will effect the actual functionality of the file. Well, maybe if you called a DAT an MPD, things would act a little weird. So, if you don't know the exact file type, try DAT. (...) The file-type isn't (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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