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JohnDwyer - Aug 16, 2005 - 11:30 am

How do I open them?

philippe99 - Aug 16, 2005 - 1:28 pm

John, welcome on macosx.com

Well, .dat extension is a generic name...

If it is a ASCII text file, BBedit Lite
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/3693
can view it
If it is an image, GraphicConverter can do it

CanOpener
http://www.abbottsystems.com/
is dedicated to open all kind of file.

So, now, what do you want to do with this file ? Is it a virus definition database ?
Does it come from Windows world ?

Regards
Philippe

JohnDwyer - Aug 17, 2005 - 10:56 am

Philippe,

Many thanks for that.
In fact it was a text/Word file from a company I was exchanging documents with. After I had posted my message I had another look elsewhere on Macosx.com and found a free tool called TNEF's Enough.app . This opened the document perfectly.

However, I will store the information you've provided in a special folder I keep should the same situation arise again or if Enough.app gives any problems.

Thank you again for your help.

John

philippe99 - Aug 17, 2005 - 1:58 pm

Thank your for using macosx.com John
Regards
Philippe