Downloaded files not opening in Mac Excel 2008 (MIME/XML)

J

Jeff Miller

Hello all,

I'm trying to open a downloaded file in Mac Excel 2008. The file is
being downloaded from a web-app using Firefox 3.5.6. When I do so I
get the following in the excel grid:

From: Financial Reporting Export
Subject:

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:21:07 -0400
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/related;
type="text/html";
boundary="----=_NextPart_28248823"


X-MimeOLE: Produced By Financial Reporting


This is a multi-part message in MIME format.


------=_NextPart_28248823
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="utf-8"
Content-Location:


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

followed by the rest of the xml such as:

<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"
xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:excel"
xmlns:eek:="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice">


<HEAD>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<TITLE>


The file opens fine under Excel 2007 on the PC. If I open the file
on the PC and save it, it is then viewable on the Mac. (Although this
is not an acceptable work around in my use case).

Any ideas on what's causing the discrepancy?

Thanks,

Jeff
 
P

Phillip Jones, C.E.T.

Do you have a link?

Jeff said:
Hello all,

I'm trying to open a downloaded file in Mac Excel 2008. The file is
being downloaded from a web-app using Firefox 3.5.6. When I do so I
get the following in the excel grid:

From: Financial Reporting Export
Subject:

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:21:07 -0400
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/related;
type="text/html";
boundary="----=_NextPart_28248823"


X-MimeOLE: Produced By Financial Reporting


This is a multi-part message in MIME format.


------=_NextPart_28248823
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="utf-8"
Content-Location:


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

followed by the rest of the xml such as:

<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"
xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:excel"
xmlns:eek:="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice">


<HEAD>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<TITLE>


The file opens fine under Excel 2007 on the PC. If I open the file
on the PC and save it, it is then viewable on the Mac. (Although this
is not an acceptable work around in my use case).

Any ideas on what's causing the discrepancy?

Thanks,

Jeff
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C

CyberTaz

Apparently it isn't being downloaded as an Excel file - What is the
extension of the file once it's saved to your HD? It looks like it's an HTML
file & Mac Office apps are, admittedly, not as HTML-savvy as Win Office
apps.

Have you tried using File> Open from within Excel rather than
double-clicking the file icon? Have you tried retrieving it using Safari
rather than FF (which BTW is now at 3.5.7 :) but I doubt that matters).

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
J

Jeff Miller

Bob,

I have tried using the File->Open method as well, with the same
results. The file is saved as a .xls extension.

The web-app I'm retreiving the file from is not Safari compatible, so
I am unable to try that method.

I figured it was a difference in rendering the resulting XML/HTML
doc, sorry to hear that this is a gap between the PC & Mac versions.
Is it present in both 2004 & 2008, or would reverting to using 2004
help?

Thanks,

Jeff
 
C

CyberTaz

Well, I honestly don't know what to tell you. If it were an XML or HTML file
the extension would identify it as such. Based on the little content you
were able to include & the fact that it does have a .XLS extension I'm
guessing that it was created by something other than Excel as some form of
export operation. Or perhaps it uses some VBA process that executes a web
query. I'd suggest you contact the source & see if they can provide a
solution or offer an alternative.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 

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