Virtual Building Explorer

[Anonymous]

Any easy way to deal with fact that Virtual Building Explorer files to send to client are executable files (.exe) and get hung up on internal anti-virus, internet anti-virus and scanning, client's anti-virus, etc. Have tried zip files, changing extension to something other than .exe with instructions to rename, etc.

[Anonymous]

MMontgomery wrote:
I use dropbox as well, and find it perfect for just this sort of thing. Up to 10Gb free storage.

It works just like any folder on your PC (not sure how it works on Mac).

Drag the file into the dropbox public folder, right click it to get an internet link, then email the client the link.

Pretty simple really. Plus you then have access to that file from any internet connection.

If you want to try it, here's a shameless link you can use to give us each an extra 250MB of storage

We used this at a conference in Copenhagen last year and it worked a charm. We had Macs and PCs all sharing files easily. Quite nice really. Thanks for reminding me. I'll have to find another opportunity to try it out.

[Anonymous]

Karl wrote:
Agree with Matthew... dropbox.com is another place that is easy to use for file sharing and more...

The VBE files (exe/app/zip) can be pretty huge - many people might not be happy receiving such a large file attached to an email anyway, even if your and their ISP allow attachments that large.

Cheers,
Karl

Karl, I can't believe I have never heard of dropbox..... thanks that's extremely helpful. Clicked the download straight away !