Linked Files

[dlund]

Teachers at my school are having difficulties sharing flipcharts over a website. The files come back not found or are formated so that the computer wants to unzip them. Any ideas or suggestions that I can pass along to them?

Thanks.

Dan

[brianksee]

I would think you need to list the website. I save all mine on the planet +wave+ , and have never had a problem.

[KGillespie]

I am so sure i've heard this problem before. Isn't the file extension used by Activstudio the same as some other software application?

Anyway, to resolve the situation with it trying to unzip the files once they've been downloaded, go to your Menu>Settings> General and click the button that says "Restore File Associations", the downloaded file should revert back to it's proper form.

I'm not 100% sure about that fix, but worth a try.

Thanks
Katherine

[markrobinson]

Fruityloops (yes really!) and FLASH use the .flp extension. So restoring file associations will assist with that as Katherine says.

Additionally you need to check that your webserver has the correct MIME types set up. Tell you ISP or Web service provider to read the following.

http://us.prometheankb.com/al/7723/10867/article.asp?aid=231616&tab=search&bt=4&r=0.4759638

This should resolve the issue of .flp files coming down as .zip files.