I need to send Pocket Word files to other PocketPC owners by using CDs. When I write to a CD, the file attributes are always changed to read-only. When the other PDA owners receive the files, they cannot change them unless they go through each one individually and change the attributes back to readable.
This is a particular problem because when Pocket Word documents are read, the first thing a person does is to change the view to "wrap to windows". Upon exit Pocket Word wants to save the change, but can't because it's read only.
Anyone have an idea how I can use a CD for sending files and be able to maintain the original attributes??
All files that you burn onto a CD will become read-only (after all, CD-ROM stands for Compact Disc-Read Only Memory. AFAIK there is no way to change this.
However, what your friends can do is copy the files onto their computers, then select all of them at once (either by clicking and dragging a box around them, or by holding control while clicking on each individual one), then right-click, select Properties, then in the Attributes section, uncheck "Read-only". Then of course hit OK, and they should be set!
You may find that the way to do this is to zip the files before putting them on CD. That way when they are unzipped, they should retain their non-read-only status, as burning will only set the read-only flag for the zip file itself. I think that this will work.
Or put them all in a folder. Then when you copy the folder at the other end you alter the folder properties so that it's not Read-Only, Windows will ask if you want to apply this to all the contents. Just another take on what's above really.
AndyH
hmm... I'm afraid that (at least in a business setting) some people wouldn't really bother with your 'zip' games and that CD would hit the chrome-plated 'can' before it hit them that you want them to actually read the files.
My solution (as an amateur web designer and someone who has been dealing with impatient, not tech-savvy management for the last few years) is to zip the files in a self-extracting archive, make a semi-flashy HTML page with a 'unzip documents' button, and link the two with an autoexec.cfg
works for me...
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Originally posted by AximPhreak hmm... I'm afraid that (at least in a business setting) some people wouldn't really bother with your 'zip' games and that CD would hit the chrome-plated 'can' before it hit them that you want them to actually read the files.
My solution (as an amateur web designer and someone who has been dealing with impatient, not tech-savvy management for the last few years) is to zip the files in a self-extracting archive, make a semi-flashy HTML page with a 'unzip documents' button, and link the two with an autoexec.cfg
works for me...
Now I wish my skills were in that area, not stupid computer hardware!
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