Hi Ken, > > 1. I recall Ken Ray telling me that a file extension is required on >> some platforms. > >Only if you want to map a Rev stack file to an application as a "document" >(for Windows). Technically it doesn't need to have one for other uses (so >for example if you have a Rev stack that is always next to your standalone >and read by that standalone but never 2x-clicked).
This is what you wrote me on 7 July: >>2) Several of the files do not have an extension (READ ME FIRST, for example); you need to make sure all files have extensions (even though on Mac OS 9 they're not necessary, they are on OS X and Windows). << > >> 2. I don't know whether these are platform issues or ISP issues, but: >> >> a. extensions longer than three characters (eg: .html) can loose the >> 4th & subsequent characters > >They shouldn't. File extensions longer than 3 characters are supported on >all platforms (AFAIK), including UNIX and Windows servers. Can you provide >an example of where you've seen that truncated to 3 characters? > It happened months, if not years ago, and I've stuck with three-character extensions ever since. What I need is to create a list of these "truths" and retest them every six to ten months to see if I'm still correct. -- Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm "And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee." from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631) _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
