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.dat file type?
Just received an email containing 2 .dat files which I cannot open. Originally I was supplied with a zip disk created on a mac which I could not open on a PC so asked our client to send us files via email. Windows XP went to the Corel website when asked to look for programs to open these files but I don’t have Corel to test this out and I really wanted to do some work on this project over the weekend. Anyone out there I can send these fies onto to see if they can open them and send them back to me in a more user friendly format?
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I cannot give you the correct terminology (or spell it) but .dat files are files that you cannot open, i have had these before & my PC states cannot be opened.
Sorry i cannot explain better, but there will be some clever s-d on here will tell you better.
L J -
Have thought the same LJ.
Usually these files are left overs or some such after installing software, but I was surprised that a graphics design company would send me an e-mail with two attachments with this file extension.
You would hope that they knew what they were doing
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When i receive a .dat file by e mail, i get hold of customer & explain their file cannot be opened because it is a .dat file, they look at me gone out & say “whats a .dat file, thats not what i sent you. So they try again & this time it turns out to be a .jpeg.
If you can explain this i would be very grateful.
L J” -
I already sent a reply back to the graphics design company but doubt I’ll get a reply before monday and would have liked to do something with this job over the weekend. Just a a thought. Going to save these files to my hard drive and try changing the file extension name to see if that works.
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Just tried changing the file extension on Windows XP but this doesn’t seem to work. This used to be one of the easy things to do on windows 98
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Ive just been doing that, (changing file extensions) I downloaded 2 jpeg of the net earlier but they wouldn’t open, till i noticed there were numbers after the .jpeg once i deleted the Nos, they worked. (who’s a clever boy then)
L J -
Hi
sitting at a mac laptop at the moment could see if I can open it and re-send it back…..if ok to exchange e-mail addresses ……new to site
cheers
andrew
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would really appreciate that Andrew.
I’ll post you the files.
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Thanks Andrew.
Got something to keep me busy on Sunday afternoon now while the Missus watches the East Enders omnibus. -
macintosh
.dat’s the way the to do itIBM
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We were sent .dat files from a design company which were created on a mac ….. could not open them in corel but we found that they would open in Adobe Illustrator cs.
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the files were originally pdf’s that then became .pdf.dat……I think because of the encoding……wouldn’t open in Acrobat…….wouldn’t open in Illustrator CS but pasted in no problem…..who knows what goes on!
Cheers
Andrew
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Had this before loads of times
The Wonderful World of the Mac (:)
For some reason file extensions get dropped and .dat replaced or even added. Usually when files are emailed I have found it happen.
I usually try a few file extension options then ask the client if stuck what prog the files originate from.
can see this going down the Mac v PC route……lmao
Tim
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Outlook has a habit of adding .dat extension to any file name that arrives without an extension.
As Mac’s dont use extensions (they have something called a resource fork instead), most Mac files will get the .dat extension add to there names.You just need to rename these and give them the correct extension in most cases.
Best regards
-David Evans
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