Opening file with ASPX extension

HI,

See if you can open the file with either Adobe Reader or the Mac OS X Preview application.

Try right or control clicking the file then change the extension to .pdf









Carolyn 🙂

ASPX is a web code document. You should be able to open them with a text editor but all you will get is code.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASP.NET

Maybe try BBedit.

You can get a 30 day demo here:

http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/demo.html

Jerry --

Technically, any browser should open it.

I found this:
+Adobe Acrobat 9 will open .aspx files on Mac OS 10.+
+When prompted to "save" or "open" the file, choose Adobe Acrobat to open.+

You could do a "Get Info" on the file, (Apple Key along with the letter " i " key)
Look where is will say "Open With" and then choose Acrobat Reader. See if that helps, as well.

I read this in an old post:

"I have had the same problem, and wondered why the download was not a pdf, so I tried changing .aspx to .pdf. This worked for me as far as viewing is concerned, (simply double click and it opens into AcrobatReader). However, my only priner is old and no drivers are avialble for OSX, so I have to transfer files to my old G3 for printing. That's where I hit trouble, because page printing info is apparently missing from an aspx converted in this way (although the file is still viewable). It may print using OSX.

Apple really need to address this problem."

I really loved the part about "Apple needs to address this problem"

I just downloaded an aspx file from ebscohost (its a journal on health science) and I had to right click on the file > get info > then change the extension to .pdf. As soon as i did that it was viewable through quick look.

Hey group,

Seen a lot of discussion on this topic. Believe it or not, just point the file type aspx to open with "QickTime Player" and viola! you will see the file content perfectly! No need to download, save and then change the file type! Enjoy...

ctfixer

QuickTime player doesn't work for me.

The only option that does work for me is changing the extension to .pdf before trying to open it. Preview then opens it without fuss.

Tim

Folks,

The other solution I have just discovered is that by right clicking on the link and selecting 'download linked file', the file appears in my Downloads folder with a .pdf extension such as ShowPage.aspx.pdf and opens in Preview, whereas if I simply click on the link it comes through as ShowPage.aspx

This worked with a link embedded in an email from a trusted source and using Mail as the email client. Not sure if it will work elsewhere, but might help others

tim