thanks to those who replied.. it's true that I jumped to conclusions, assuming that ATO assumed that I'm using windows (something they have done in the past!).
It is in fact a PDF file masquerading with .asp, and opens fine on my OSX box simply by asking it to open the file with acrobat. Now I have to pull it apart to get the information I REALLY need. On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 10:04:46AM +1000, David wrote: > > Since I steadfastly refuse to run a windows box on principle, what can I > > do with it to turn it into useful information? Is there any GOOD reason > > why the ATO should not provide the information as something like a > > tab-delimited spreadsheet format, given the essential and public nature of > > the data? > > Because Billy sucks as hard as his software? > > To identify what it is, try running the magical 'file' command (it truly is > magic, I love it) over the file in question. > > Oddly though, I just went looking for Form 1005 on the ATO website. I got > two hits -- both for PAYG witholding tables. Clicked on the one for next > FY, got a PDF, downloaded, viewed fine. Perchance your browser isn't > looking at the HTTP headers properly? The link is > http://www.ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/44998.htm -- which means > that, by default, the save name of the document will be 'distributor.asp' > (since that's the name of the file you're accessing). But pages can > override that by setting the Content-Disposition header, which the ATO > appears to be doing. So what you probably have is a PDF in that > distributor.asp file you've got. > > So, for once, it's not Gatesware screwing up, it's your browser. > Particularly ironic is that fact that, had the same error turned up on a > Windows box, you could have had all sorts of troubles renaming it so a PDF > reader would actually deign to read it... > > - Matt > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
