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Re: Browser Add-On to View DAT Files...
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Sat, 18 Sep 1999 23:59:55 GMT
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Thanks, glad to know that I have the right programs.

However, I guess that means I'm doing something else wrong.  When I click on
the [DAT] link that (I presume) should be a link to the DAT file, I am told
that I am downloading ldraw.cgi.  I thought DAT files should end in .dat.  I
downloaded one file and attempted to rename it, and part of it worked, but I
got several error messages about not being able to find certain files.  Just
for reference, the DAT file I am testing is the Metroliner.  I found it at
http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dat/models/sets/?n=48.  I believe this might be a
multi-part file, so does that mean I need to manually break it up.  I must
admit that I am a new user to all these Ldraw programs, and will be reviewing
the online help to see if it's anything I'm doing wrong.

Once again, I appreciate any help provided.

Thanks,
Steven Broughton

In lugnet.faq, Jacob Sparre Andersen writes:
Steven Broughton:

I'm trying to view the DAT files in the CAD/DAT Files
portion of LUGNET, but I don't have the browser add-on
that is required.

You're wrong here.

I don't know what add-on is needed or where to download it
from.  I do have Ldraw, Ldraw Lite, and MLcad
already.

Any of these will do. The most common choice seems to be
LDLite.

Play well,

Jacob

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  Re: Browser Add-On to View DAT Files...
 
Try a simpler one first with only one part... I believe that when you install LDLite it will automatically make the association for you if you use netscape. if not, when netscape prompts you what to do with the file, instead of downloading it, tell (...) (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.faq)
  Re: Browser Add-On to View DAT Files...
 
Steven Broughton: (...) It sounds more like a bug in your browser. (...) You aren't. That's just a name your browser grabs from the URL you download from. (...) No. They can end in whatever you feel like as long as they are identified as being LDraw (...) (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.faq)
  Re: Browser Add-On to View DAT Files...
 
(...) Like Larry said, start with non-MPD parts. LDLite doesn't always render MPD files correctly, so avoid them until you know everything else works. If you are using Internet Explorer, you can set things up pretty easily. First, open Windows (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.faq)

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  Re: Browser Add-On to View DAT Files...
 
Steven Broughton: (...) You're wrong here. (...) Any of these will do. The most common choice seems to be LDLite. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.faq)

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