File wont Attach

[kevs]

I have a word file that wont attach to an e mail. Never seen this before in
8 years of e mailing.

It has read write permissions, nothing is locked. I don't get it.

File open and closes fine.

If you navigate to attach, get unknown error -199

If you just drag, nothing happens. Thanks.


OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[little_creature]

Hi kevs,
I'm sorry but we would need more information about the file at least.
How big it is? What format it is?...
What happen if you access your mailbox via web interface? - if you
look to your mailbox from Safari or any other web browser? Can you
attach that file there?

 

[kevs]

Hi kevs,
I'm sorry but we would need more information about the file at least.
How big it is? What format it is?...
What happen if you access your mailbox via web interface? - if you
look to your mailbox from Safari or any other web browser? Can you
attach that file there?

Thanks Little!
It's just a word file, a .doc.
It's 144kb.
I don't bother with webmail. I'm a pop guy. Thanks.



OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Kevs:

I suspect that the instance of the file you are attempting to attach is not
the file that has the content. I think that error means "The file has no
text".

Check the path character-for-character Try zipping the file...

Cheers

Thanks Little!
It's just a word file, a .doc.
It's 144kb.
I don't bother with webmail. I'm a pop guy. Thanks.



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[kevs]

Check the path character-for-character :

John:
Zipping works, great workaround. Thanks.

Don't understand
Check the path character-for-character :

Any other ideas on that?


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[John McGhie]

The file Word was opening, and the file Spotlight was finding, could be two
files with the same name but in different folders.

You need to check every character from "MacHD...." Through to ".doc" to
ensure that you are not looking at two different files in two different
folders

Cheers

John:
Zipping works, great workaround. Thanks.

Don't understand
Check the path character-for-character :

Any other ideas on that?


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[Clive Huggan]

Also: By Command-clicking on the title bar of the open Word document you can
see the folder that it's in, then compare that with the location shown in
Spotlight.

CH
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[kevs]

The file Word was opening, and the file Spotlight was finding, could be two
files with the same name but in different folders.

You need to check every character from "MacHD...." Through to ".doc" to
ensure that you are not looking at two different files in two different
folders

Cheers

John:
Thanks!
What are you talking about Spotlight, and looking at different files?
I've got the file I want in front of me in the folder it belongs, and I'm
dragging it to the attachment window and it wont attach! Don't know what
more to say.

Clive, same thing, I don't need spotlight I have the file.

The file, like all my files is backed up on another hard drive.


OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[John McGhie]

There are three files with similar names involved with any Word document.

Only one has content. The others should have content of "0 bytes" if Word
is closed.

If you try to attach either of the other two files (which SHOULD be
invisible, but sometimes get revealed) then Entourage SHOULD refuse to
attach them.

That's what I am talking about.

Cheers

John:
Thanks!
What are you talking about Spotlight, and looking at different files?
I've got the file I want in front of me in the folder it belongs, and I'm
dragging it to the attachment window and it wont attach! Don't know what
more to say.

Clive, same thing, I don't need spotlight I have the file.

The file, like all my files is backed up on another hard drive.


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[little_creature]

Hello John,
could you describe this more, please:

There are three files with similar names involved with any Word document.

I guess about the temporary files, but even invisible, on Windows
machine I can see more than three.
TX

 

[John McGhie]

Hi L.C.

The ones I am thinking about are the ".lck" (Lock) file, and the ".tmp"
temporary file.

The user should not see either of these on the Mac. The can, if they give
themselves permission, but the files should be hidden.

You are correct: there can be up to 20-odd other temporary files open while
Word has the file open, but they should all go away when it exits.

Cheers

On 11/10/07 12:58 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "little_creature"

Hello John,
could you describe this more, please:

There are three files with similar names involved with any Word document.

I guess about the temporary files, but even invisible, on Windows
machine I can see more than three.
TX

There are three files with similar names involved with any Word document.

Only one has content. The others should have content of "0 bytes" if Word
is closed.

If you try to attach either of the other two files (which SHOULD be
invisible, but sometimes get revealed) then Entourage SHOULD refuse to
attach them.

That's what I am talking about.

Cheers







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[kevs]

Hello John,
could you describe this more, please:
I guess about the temporary files, but even invisible, on Windows
machine I can see more than three.
TX

I appreciate that John, and trust you on it.
But I created just one file, and it all I see , and wont attach, so beyond
the workaround, what should I do -- the spotlight thing was not clear.


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[little_creature]

Thanks John

Hi L.C.

The ones I am thinking about are the ".lck" (Lock) file, and the ".tmp"
temporary file.

The user should not see either of these on the Mac. The can, if they give
themselves permission, but the files should be hidden.

You are correct: there can be up to 20-odd other temporary files open while
Word has the file open, but they should all go away when it exits.

Cheers

On 11/10/07 12:58 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "little_creature"


Hello John,
could you describe this more, please:> There are three files with similarnames involved with any Word document.

I guess about the temporary files, but even invisible, on Windows
machine I can see more than three.
TX








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[kevs]

Hi L.C.

The ones I am thinking about are the ".lck" (Lock) file, and the ".tmp"
temporary file.

The user should not see either of these on the Mac. The can, if they give
themselves permission, but the files should be hidden.

You are correct: there can be up to 20-odd other temporary files open while
Word has the file open, but they should all go away when it exits.

Cheers

On 11/10/07 12:58 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "little_creature"

Hello John,
could you describe this more, please:
I guess about the temporary files, but even invisible, on Windows
machine I can see more than three.
TX

John:
This is all well and good, but I see one file and it wont attach, and you
gave a great workaround, but unless I hear something new, this file wont
attach.






OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[PhilD]

the workaround, what should I do -- the spotlight thing was not clear.

Top right of your screen is a little blue circle with a white
magnifying glass. That is "Spotlight" (I know, it would be better
with a light picture, not a magnifying glass, but never mind). Click
on it and a search field comes up. Put something in there, and
spotlight will find everything [1] on your computer with that text in
it: in the file name or content.

[1] well, nearly everything. Some things are not indexed, but to most
users "everything" is an adequate word.

PhilD

 

[kevs]

the workaround, what should I do -- the spotlight thing was not clear.

Top right of your screen is a little blue circle with a white
magnifying glass. That is "Spotlight" (I know, it would be better
with a light picture, not a magnifying glass, but never mind). Click
on it and a search field comes up. Put something in there, and
spotlight will find everything [1] on your computer with that text in
it: in the file name or content.

[1] well, nearly everything. Some things are not indexed, but to most
users "everything" is an adequate word.

PhilD

Ok Phil!
I did the spotlight search, all I get is the file that wont attach.

What else was I supposed to get?

OS 10.4.7
Office 2004