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The grueling method is...
grab the header, copy paste it into notepad.exe. That strips the weird formatting out of it.
Grab the body text, but not all the way down, try to guess where the body text frame ends and stop just before that. It may take a few tries to find exactly where.
copy paste into Wordpad.exe.
Then, take the header info from notepad and insert it in wordpad just before the body text.
close notepad.exe.
You can now save the text that is in wordpad.
What a rigmarole.
Patrice.
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Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 6:50 PM
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MS Outlook a.k.a Outhouse Mail.
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Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 1:55 PM
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Paula,
I think the problem may lie in MetaLink's use of the icky icky frame construct (See http://www.useit.com/ for explanation of why frames are bad and aren't even needed). You don't say what browser you're using, but I can guess. Toss out that virus-toting piece of dung, IEeeeeeee. Actually, keep it on your system, but make sure you have "Work Offline" checked before closing it for the last time. That way, your MS Outlook (Lookout!) mail won't be able to automatically retrieve junk off of the web when you preview or read messages. This will help keep your spam count low.
So, in Mozilla (or other Gecko variant like Firebird or perhaps even Netscape) or Opera 7.2.0, right click on the link to the article you want. In the popup menu that appears, choose "Open link in another tab" or "Open link in another window" or whatever option you have. With the link in it's own space, you should be able to figure out how to save the article locally. One thing to watch for when using this technique is that the MetaLink pages are often coded to open new links in a frame (%^$#@^&@#% frames!) from your original MetaLink window/tab, unless you right-click every link into a new window/tab. Mozilla and it's variants also offer a middle-click to automagically pop the link into a new window/tab.
These other browsers have the nice intended effect of being available on multiple platforms, so you have the ability to call up MetaLink without needing an MS Windohs box. :)
HTH! GL!
Rich
Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator rjesse_at_qtiworld.com Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA
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Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 1:45 PM
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When I right click on a metalink article to try to save it to a local
directory and use save target as - it only provides a blank file. What's
the easiest way to save these files locally? I want to because sometimes
the more useful ones go away.
Thanks,
Paula
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