.dat file, what to open it with?

AmDaMan · 29 Mar 2007 at 17:52

hi, someone just sent me a .dat file in an email and said 'could you please fill the form out' it was in response to a work placement year so it's not anything bad.

The question is what forms use that format?

thanks.

Zefan · 29 Mar 2007 at 17:54

I'd try notepad first, even if it doesn't work you should have a rather cool splurge of random characters.

Actually .dat's are pretty much anything. Click here for detailed information.

FishThrower · 29 Mar 2007 at 18:32

AmDaMan said:
hi, someone just sent me a .dat file in an email and said 'could you please fill the form out' it was in response to a work placement year so it's not anything bad.

The question is what forms use that format?

thanks.

your not using lotus notes by any chance are you

AmDaMan · 29 Mar 2007 at 19:30

hi, i'm not using lotus notes no.

with notepad it just opens with loads of random characters!

cheers.

ShiWarrior · 29 Mar 2007 at 19:51

ohhh dat files

how big is the file mate?

try microsoft word
try Paintshop Pro or something

The_KiD · 29 Mar 2007 at 20:49

What were you expecting? a form?

I word rename it to .doc and try Word, is that most likely.

Is normally caused by someone sending an email in Rich Text format rather than HTML or Plain Text.

Brwmogazos · 29 Mar 2007 at 21:35

dat files?

thats for windows media player mate...

files that come into VCDs....

or am i missing something here?

only seen these files in vcds...so i delete everything else...and open the dat saved movie with media player...

let me know

stigggeh · 29 Mar 2007 at 21:37

Brwmogazos said:
dat files?

thats for windows media player mate...

files that come into VCDs....

or am i missing something here?

only seen these files in vcds...so i delete everything else...and open the dat saved movie with media player...

let me know

yeah if it is a dat file in a VCD then i would suggest VLC player.

ShiWarrior · 29 Mar 2007 at 21:42

not always VCD, thats why i asked for the file size

ive had .dat files in word format and ive had movies too

oddjob62 · 29 Mar 2007 at 22:08

Is it a winmail.dat file?

When an end user sends mail to the Internet from an Exchange Windows or Outlook client, a file attachment called Winmail.dat may be automatically added to the end of the message if the recipient's client cannot receive messages in Rich Text Format (RTF). The Winmail.dat file contains Exchange Server RTF information for the message, and may appear to the recipient as a binary file. It is not useful to non-Exchange Server recipients.

The_KiD · 29 Mar 2007 at 23:29

AmDaMan said:
hi, someone just sent me a .dat file in an email and said 'could you please fill the form out' it was in response to a work placement year so it's not anything bad.

The question is what forms use that format?

thanks.

The fact it's a form and that it came by email should be enough to tell you that it isnt a VCD format.

AmDaMan · 30 Mar 2007 at 00:21

never said it was VCD?

oddjob, that's the one

So basically it's no use to me?

oddjob62 · 30 Mar 2007 at 07:38

AmDaMan said:
never said it was VCD?

oddjob, that's the one So basically it's no use to me?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138053

Priapus · 30 Mar 2007 at 07:41

Edit
:Ignore me :rolleyes:

The_KiD · 30 Mar 2007 at 08:23

AmDaMan said:
never said it was VCD?

oddjob, that's the one So basically it's no use to me?

Just rename the file to .doc instead of .dat

And you will be able to open it in Word.

and lol I wasnt saying you said it was VCD, I was pointing out to the others that what you had aid in the first post indicated it couldnt be a VCD.