weird extention on LOR form?

megaluna · Jul 16, 2012

So, I am trying to print out my letter request forms, and it downloaded a file with an extension .cfm. I've never heard of it, and my computer can't open it in preview, word, or textedit. Anyone else have this problem? found a solution?
Why couldn't it just be a pdf?

Thanks!

Euxox · Jul 16, 2012

That's a webpage extension. It seems like you downloaded the wrong file. If you want to take a look at the content of the file, change the extension to .html and then open it with your browser. (Double clicking should be fine if you are on Windows. Try File > Open File in Safari if you are using OS X.)

end stage fibro · Jul 18, 2012

Do you get a CFM extension? Try opening it in your preferred PDF reader if the above method does not work.

peedr · Jul 22, 2012

Mine downloaded in cfm too. I converted it to pdf (changed the ending to .pdf) and had no other issues.

Dwindlin · Jul 22, 2012

*.cfm is an Adobe Systems file extension. You don't need to convert them to anything, they will open in Adobe/Adobe Reader just fine. The only thing that may need to be done is to tell your system to open *.cfm with whatever *.pdf reader you use.

Sheldor · Jul 22, 2012

peedr said:
Mine downloaded in cfm too. I converted it to pdf (changed the ending to .pdf) and had no other issues.

On macs, this is the solution. Just change it to PDF.

NotAProgDirector · Jul 22, 2012

atkinsje said:
*.cfm is an Adobe Systems file extension. You don't need to convert them to anything, they will open in Adobe/Adobe Reader just fine. The only thing that may need to be done is to tell your system to open *.cfm with whatever *.pdf reader you use.

Actually, .cfm files are "Cold Fusion" files. Adobe bought ColdFusion, so I guess they are all "Adobe" files. Coldfusion is a language used for dynamic web site generation. When you tell coldfusion to generate a PDF document, it should return a document with a PDF header in it such that your web browser detects it and forwards it to the PDF viewer. Whether it's a problem with ERAS's programing or a problem with your browser settings, I don't know.

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