Unable to open .cfm files

Question

Level 1

8 points

Unable to open .cfm files

I need to be able to open .cfm files, which were no problem in Windows. However, since switching to iMac, I am not able to open the .cfm files in Pages, Word for Mac, using Adobe Reader, etc.
Does anyone else have the same problem and/or know the solution?
Thank you for any help/suggestions you may have.
Doug

imac, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Nov 28, 2009 7:29 PM

Reply

Answer 1

Walt K

Level 4

2,940 points

Nov 28, 2009 7:45 PM in response to orcas2

You could try Zamzar http://www.zamzar.com/ and see it they can convert it to something you can open in Pages. It's free.
Walt

Reply

Answer 2

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

118,240 points

Nov 28, 2009 8:41 PM in response to orcas2

Try changing the .cfm to .pdf

Reply

Answer 3

Peggy

Level 8

41,655 points

Nov 28, 2009 8:45 PM in response to orcas2

I checked FileInfo.com to find out what .cfm is. Click the link to read more. Since it says it's a web-related file, I don't know why you'd think Pages would open it.

Reply

Answer 4

Nov 28, 2009 9:04 PM in response to orcas2

orcas2

To get a definitive answer, tell us exactly what you have tried and what then happened.

Have you tried simply dragging the file onto Pages or opening via Pages Open dialogue?

If it is a ColdFusion Markup File (there are other possibilities) just open it as a text file in TextEdit or some other text editor such as TextWrangler (free), *iText Express* (free) or TextMate (shareware).

Peter

Reply

Answer 5

KOENIG Yvan

Level 8

41,813 points

Nov 29, 2009 4:00 AM in response to orcas2

In my table of extensions names, cfm is 'describing' :
- Cold Fusion template files
- Corel FONT MASTER
- Fichier HTM

Try to open the beast with TextEdit.

If it works, you will be able to read the doc's contents, perhaps with a lot of garbage.

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 29 novembre 2009 12:59:53

Reply