I get exactly the same situation as Mary. I can see the scans allocated to my syndicate no problem, but looking through the public interface I just get a mid grey page. My version of IE is 5.50.4807.2300 running under NT4. Clive -----Original Message----- From: Mary Trevan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 30 June 2004 20:28 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP Hi Ian Thanks for that, but it seems that it doesn't work on my configuration for the public interface :o( although it *does* work for the transcibers interface :o) .... and I do not intend to even attempt to work out why! It did not install exactly 'as advertised' (i.e. I did not see the sample security window) and when I use chose.pl on TIFF files (eg my latest allocation from you in 1840B1) all I see is a grey page with the Alernatiff icons above it rather than the TIF image. Even after following the link they provide (If AlternaTIFF works here but not on other web pages, click here to reactivate it.) the result is the same. Using the 'View Image' menu option gives a "The page cannot be displayed' type of page. However going the transcribers route through the GUS structure to http://www.freebmd.org.uk/GUS/1840/Births/March/UKD-02/A-L/1840B1-B-0407.tif results in a nice display that can be read without needing to resize it (as is needed with the GIF files that I found that can be displayed by my version of Internet Explorer on my version of Windows XP). Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Brooke To: Mary Trevan ; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:49 PM Subject: Re: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP Hi Mary, Actually I couldn't remember where I got it from at the time but I should have looked it up, sorry. http://www.alternatiff.com and it is very quick and easy. I've had no problems with it at all (in fact you can't even tell it's there until you click on a tiff in your browser) - I haven't however looked into how to uninstall it should I ever need to. Regards Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Trevan To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 9:20 AM Subject: Re: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP Hi Ian I stand corrected! I stopped reading when I reached the sentence "You can however definitely download the scans to disc by right-clicking on the page link and selecting "Save Target As"." because my browser does not get as far as this. Instead of a page link with a "Save Taregt As" option or a pop-up window with a choice of Open or Save, all I get is a window with an icon that usually represents a broken link. You didn't say where you found Alternatiff - if it's quick and easy I might install it. Regards Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Brooke" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 12:46 AM Subject: Re: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP > Hi Mary, > What you say here is not entirely correct. It *is* possible to open a scan in IE 6 under XP Pro via the general public link IF you have the "Alternatiff" scan viewer that I mentioned in my previous email. Having opened it on screen it is also then possible to save it to disc. > Ian > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mary Trevan > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 2:26 PM > Subject: Re: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP > > > Sorry Ian, but like several other helpful people on this list who have been > praising Irfanview, you've got hold of the wrong end of the stick. > > The new route available to the general public which uses page > http://images.freebmdorg.uk/cgi/choose.pl does *not* provide any way of > downloading the image. > > This does *not* affect the existing mechanism for transcribers, just the > mechanism for the general public to view the scans using the new button on > the home page. The reason for the problem is a bug in Internet Explorer and > it affects a number of version of OS, including XP. The fixes are different > per OS, but for XP it requires an upgrade of XP itself (or change to using > another browser!) > > And since I was only trying it to test out the new software before it went > live, I do not need to fix the problem on my PC, so please, no more offers > to help solve my 'problem' :o) > > Mary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Brooke" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:02 PM > Subject: Re: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP > > > > Hi Ted, > > I also have problems using XP Pro and I can't open the scans in the manner > you describe either. You can however definitely download the scans to disc > by right-clicking on the page link and selecting "Save Target As". It is > also possible to open them 'on screen' but only by using a different scan > viewer - there's one called "Alternatiff" which can add it's own toolbar to > IE and when you click on a tiff in IE the new viewer opens and displays it - > it's not as good as Irfan though (it only has 90 degree rotates and 1 level > of zoom) but it works fine for me. > > Ian > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ted Southcombe > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:41 PM > > Subject: Re: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP > > > > > > Sorry Garry, but there is a deeper problem. I have always had all > graphics > > files including TIF and TIFF associated with Irfanview in File Types. > > Downloads from the existing Scan Source site have always opened opened > with > > no problems. It's just the new procedure which sends the downloaded > file > > directly to Internet Explorer > > that causes problems as there is no step to save the downloading file to > a > > folder. I gather from correspondance here and on Soc.genealogy.britain > that > > I'm not the only one experiancing this diffilulty. > > > > I'm happy to wait until Dave and his team resolve the situation in their > > own time. Maybe XP SP2 will resolve these problems when it eventually > > arrives ? > > > > Ted > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kiwiz" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:31 AM > > Subject: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP > > > > > > > > > > Hello Ted > > > I have XP-PRO SP1 and you can make XP open tifs with Irfranview; > > > Open Explorer - RIGHT-click on START > > > On Menu select Tools - Folder Options > > > Click on File Types tab > > > Scroll down to TIF under Extensions > > > Select Change (TIFF will change too) > > > You should have Irfranview as a choice - select it > > > If it's not there go Browse and find Irfranview > > > Click on Ok > > > Open a tif file from FreeBMD and it should open in Irfranview > > > > > > also applies to Win98,Mil,2000 with slight variations in options > > > > > > Garry > > > Kiwiz Syndicate Co-ordinator > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Ted Southcombe > > > To: Kiwiz ; [email protected] > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:17 AM > > > Subject: Re: Viewing Tif/tiff files > > > Yes, Irfanview is great and I use it. But it's not the answer > here - > > the > > > downloads won't open in my Internet Explorer running under XP Home > SP1. > > I > > > have no problems with TIF, TIFF files in any other respect including > > > downloads using the existing procedure. > > > Ted Southcombe > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Kiwiz" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 10:36 AM > > > Subject: Viewing Tif/tiff files > > > > > > > For those having trouble with tiff files. > > > > This Viewer is my favorite for viewing scans, it's easy to use and > one > > can > > > flick backwards and forwards to other scans quickly. It views most > file > > > types and downloads in 2 mins @ 56k. > > > > http://www.irfanview.com/ > > > > > > > > Garry > > > > Kiwiz Syndicate Co-ordinator > > > > > > > > > ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== > > > For those in -L mode, to unsubscribe from this mailing list please > send > > the command UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message to - > > > [email protected] > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== > > Want to help FreeBMD? > > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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