by Steve | Jul 22, 2008 | Web Folders
It is not uncommon for the web folders / WebDAV support in Windows XP to just stop working for no apparent reason.
As a last-ditch solution you can usually reinstall the original Web Folders support by finding and executing webfldrs.msi with specific options.
webfldrs.msi is probably in one of your system directories. It is easiest to search for it (remember to set advanced search options to include system and hidden folders). When you find the program (it’s a normal Microsoft install package) launch it, then do these steps:
Click “Select Reinstall Mode”
- Uncheck “Repair all detected reinstall problems”.
- Check “Force all files to be reinstalled, regardless of checksum or version”.
- Check “Verify that required user registry entries are present”.
- Check “Verify that required machine registry entries are present”.
- Check “Validate shortcuts”.
- Press OK
Click REINSTALL
Normally no reboot is required. Now the web folder client should have been restored as it was shipped.
by Steve | Jul 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
Unlike PowerPoint, Apple’s Keynote uses XML and folders called “bundles” to package multiple files and folders into a presentation.
As a result, when uploading or downloading you are actually uploading and downloading a folder structure, and a lot of files.
To make things trickier, OSX and Safari understand the special nature of Keynote “bundles”. The Finder will treat the folder bundle as a presentation, and if you try to upload one to My Docs Online via Safari, it will be grayed out (you can’t select it for upload).
If you use FireFox, you can select the “presentation” but it won’t upload, because it isn’t really a file.
However, if you use the Transporter to upload the presentation it will upload the entire bundle (all folders and files).
Then, when you want to download the presentation to another Mac, use the Transporter again to “download folder” and the result will be a working Keynote presentation.
For more detail about the technical aspects of Keynote, see this very technical piece:
https://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/01/07/keynote.html
by Steve | Jun 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
The video tutorial for Windows XP Web Folder setup has been moved to here.
by Steve | Jun 6, 2008 | Give Processing
The My Docs Online “Give File” processing has been enhanced to include additional information about the files you share. For all files “given” after June 5th, 2008 you can review the exact date and time that the file you shared was first downloaded as well as the date and time of the last download. This information is a valuable confirmation that the file you’ve given has been accessed by your recipient.
In the example listed below a single file was given to two different email addresses. In the second example the “given” file was cancelled so that it was no longer available to the recipient.
File Was “Given” To 2 Users
[email protected]
Comment you provided when you gave the document to this user
No comment was provided with this file
Given to this user
Jun 03, 2008 12:46ET
First download
Jun 03, 2008 12:47ET
Last download
Jun 03, 2008 12:47ET
Cancel file delivery for this user and this file
[email protected]
Comment you provided when you gave the document to this user
No comment was provided with this file
Given to this user
Jun 03, 2008 12:44ET
First download
Jun 03, 2008 12:44ET
Last download
Jun 03, 2008 12:45ET
Give for this file was canceled
We hope you find this enhancement useful and thanks to those users who suggested these changes!
