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Keith Marshall
 
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No you didn't. First, http:\\www.metalworking.com doesn't work. It
needs to be http://www.metalworking.com . Second, even after making the
correction, there is no file called Gearcalc.xls there. In fact,


It was probably rejected because the dropbox doesn't accept xls files unless
they're inside a zip.

From the "Using the dropbox" page:
"NOTE: This facility does nothing to protect you from viruses and malicious
or simply badly-written programs. Exercise considerable caution if you
download anything other than text, JPGs, or GIF files. Because of the
increasing threat of viruses, files with .exe , .com , .cmd , .bat , .xls ,
or .doc extension types will no longer post to the dropbox directly. The
..xls and .doc file types are excluded because of the recent trend to macro
viruses. Documents should be sent as plain text and have a .txt file
extension. Other prohibited file types should be packaged into 'zip' or some
other similar compressed file along with instructions for their use. This
will make sure the the user at least has the chance to decide if they want
to take the risk of opening the file, instead of having their browser try to
automatically open it for them."

Best Regards,
Keith Marshall


"I'm not grown up enough to be so old!"


"Ted Edwards" wrote in message
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wrote:

I just uploaded an Excel spreadsheet program to the dropbox
[http:\\
www.metalworking.com ] that calculates the angular spacing for
any given number of gear teeth.


No you didn't. First, http:\\www.metalworking.com doesn't work. It
needs to be http://www.metalworking.com . Second, even after making the
correction, there is no file called Gearcalc.xls there. In fact,
searching on .xls finds nothing and searching on Gear finds lots but no
Gearcalc.xls.

BTW, I was just curious to see just how big that file is since that
problem takes on line of 28 characters in APL. :-)

Ted