Forum .LRN Q&A: What happens to .exe files after uploading and downloading them in LRN?

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1: What happens to .exe files after uploading and downloading them in LRN?
Posted by eugene gabuja on 02/10/04 09:51 PM
Hi all
Does anybody know why when after uploading an windows executable file with .exe extension and then downloading it in LRN the exe extension dissapears and windows cannot recognize it as an executable. The downloaded file has to be renamed from file to file.exe to work. Other files like msword txt etc. work fine. Thanks in advance

I tried also renaming the file.exe as file.exe.exe and then to upload it, it does not work...

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2: Re: What happens to .exe files after uploading and downloading them in LRN? (response to 1)
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 02/11/04 04:16 PM
I think this has to do with the extensions enabled in file-storage in your installation. I'm not a guru there, so maybe someone else could pitch in quickly ?
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3: Re: What happens to .exe files after uploading and downloading them in LRN? (response to 1)
Posted by C. R. Oldham on 02/11/04 06:06 PM
In the download package, the download was originally invoked as an http GET.  I had to change it to a POST to get IE to keep the extension.
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4: Re: What happens to .exe files after uploading and downloading them in LRN? (response to 3)
Posted by eugene gabuja on 02/11/04 11:11 PM
ah ! interesting, so you found the problem being in IE,
however since we are on the topic, can you explain me please how did you change the method, was it a matter of clicking a button or something more sophisticated...thanks in advance !!!
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5: Re: What happens to .exe files after uploading and downloading them in LRN? (response to 1)
Posted by C. R. Oldham on 02/11/04 11:17 PM
Yes, with the download package I found the problem with IE.  It was a simple change, I changed the form action from GET to POST in packages/download/www/download-verify.adp.