Zipping isn't an option? As I mentioned before, all modern OSes can both create and open basic zip archives with no third party software required, and the mime issues are already taken care of.
On Sep 21, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Helen Read wrote:
> OK. It might be nice to have it configured on the web server, though, as there are others in the department who would also like to post .jmp files. Unless it really is a conflict with some media type that I don't know about it, which is why I asked. But I will meanwhile have the faculty member put it in an .htaccess file.
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> HPR
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> On 9/19/2011 2:50 PM, Wesley Alan Wright wrote:
>> You need not ask anyone. One can add their own custom mime-types using .htaccess files. Put a file named .htaccess in same folder as .jmp files, and put this line in .htaccess
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>> AddType application/x-jmp-data jmp
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>> example
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>> http://www.uvm.edu/~waw/archives/JMP/meandepth.jmp
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>> One may still need to teach their browser what to do with files of type x-jmp-data -- but just once
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>> On Sep 19, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Helen Read wrote:
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>>> I have a faculty member who is trying to post JMP (statistics software) data files for her class. Unfortunately the web browsers think that .jmp is some kind of media file. Firefox thinks it is audio/mpeg and tries to open in QuickTime, and IE tries to open it Windows Media Player.
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>>> Is the file extension .jmp actually used for audio/mpeg or some other media format? I looked around online and could find no reference to it other than for JMP files.
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>>> If .jmp is not in fact used for some kind of media format, who should I ask about setting a MIME type for .jmp application/JMP on the webserver?
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>>> University of Vermont
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