Microsoft KB Archive/43845

Mac Works: Cannot Select Two Transfer Protocols for One File

PSS ID Number: Q43845 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

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= SUMMARY =

Some bulletin board and online services require both MacBinary and Xmodem file transfer protocols to upload a file. However, if you are using the Communications Module of Works for the Macintosh, you can select only one of these two protocols.

In Works, you cannot use two transfer protocols to transfer a single file. Although other communications packages allow the selection of two protocols simultaneously, in Works this is unnecessary because MacBinary is a type of Xmodem protocol.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The MacBinary protocol is the correct transfer method for a Macintosh file. For example, when you download a Macintosh file from CompuServe, have CompuServe transmit the file as Xmodem since it does not mention MacBinary in the transfer process. Specify in Works that a MacBinary file is being received (since it is a Macintosh file and MacBinary must be used to download it).

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