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Conference abbott::macintosh_office

Title:Macintosh Office
Notice:V2.5 of Mail Available, see note 30.48
Moderator:ORION::chayna.zko.dec.com::tamara::eppes
Created:Thu Jun 20 1991
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:700
Total number of notes:2612

699.0. "Does TeamLinks produce 'proper Macbinary files'?" by GIDDAY::BACOT () Mon Jun 02 1997 03:43

    
    Hello again,
    
    A customer has requested that we comment on the following:
    
    During correspondence with Innosoft an engineer at Innosoft has stated that 
    TeamLinks does not produce "proper Macbinary files".
    
    Is this statement correct?
    
    
    Regards,
    
    Angela
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699.1RE: 699.0TAMARA::coril.zko.dec.com::CLARKLee Clark,DTN:381-0422,TeamLinksMon Jun 02 1997 15:292
Some context would be helpful - is there a problem? I don't know of any 
problem with the MacBinary files produced by TeamLinks.
699.2pmdfGIDDAY::BACOTMon Jun 02 1997 21:254
    I suspect this is in relation to some problems with pmdf.
    
    angela
699.3RE: 699.2TAMARA::coril.zko.dec.com::CLARKLee Clark,DTN:381-0422,TeamLinksTue Jun 03 1997 11:095
Please get a description of the problem the customer is experiencing - the 
more detail, the better. I checked with a former engineer - he was also not 
aware of MacBinary problems with current versions of TeamLinks. The name of 
a contact at Innosoft would also be helpful. (Who told the customer that 
there's a problem with TeamLinks?)
699.4oh by the wayGIDDAY::BACOTTue Jun 03 1997 22:5314
    I've asked the customer for additional information on the MacBinary
    problems. 
    
    This is a result of an 'oh by the way' in correspondence with the
    customer on a different issue, as in 'oh by the way, Innosoft claims
    that TeamLinks does not produce proper Macbinary files. Any comment on
    this?'
    
    
    
    Regards,
    
    angela
699.5GIDDAY::BACOTWed Jun 04 1997 23:1022
    
    Apparently they are not experiencing any problems, they are trying to
    work out how to get PMDF to generate Macbinary files and their contact
    at Innosoft responded to his queries by saying that the MacBinary
    material Teamlinks produces violates the MacBinary specifications in
    several ways -- the byte of the finder  info flags are swapped,
    it neither clears checksum fields (an indicator that checksumming isn't
    being one) nor calculates the checksum properly, it occasionally omits
    various field values that it should fill in, and so on.
    
    After receiving this information from Innosoft the customer sent mail
    to me asking for a comment on the statement that TeamLins does not
    produce proper Macbinary files.
    
    
    Regards,
    
    angela