topic Re: Can we attach Enterprise Guide Projects (*.egp) to our replies? in All Things Community

Can we attach Enterprise Guide Projects (*.egp) to our replies?

AhmedAl_Attar — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 23:58:04 GMT

Hi,

I tried to share a template/sample .EGP file as an attachment with a user in my reply, but it kept getting removed, as I pressed the Post button!

Is there a way to share EG projects?

Thanks,

Ahmed

Re: Can we attach Enterprise Guide Projects (*.egp) to our replies?

SuryaKiran — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 01:52:19 GMT

Hello,

Please try saving it as .txt extension and share (eg: sample.egp.txt). May be it might work, give it a shot.

Re: Can we attach Enterprise Guide Projects (*.egp) to our replies?

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 04:18:27 GMT

Put it in a zip archive, and attach that.

Re: Can we attach Enterprise Guide Projects (*.egp) to our replies?

Patrick — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 22:50:46 GMT

I guess sharing .egp is problematic because EG is not forward compatible. So if both parties aren't on the same version then either the receiving end can't open a newer .egp version or when opening an older .egp version will convert it to a newer version - and then can't share it back to the sender.

Re: Can we attach Enterprise Guide Projects (*.egp) to our replies?

AhmedAl_Attar — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:14:11 GMT

Fare point,and I totally agree with the compatibility issue. But, this does not explain/justify the removal of the file when it's attached to the reply.

Typically attachments are removed for security reasons (Virus, Trojan Horse, Malware,...etc), and not for fear of incompatibilities.

Just my 2 cents,
Ahmed

Re: Can we attach Enterprise Guide Projects (*.egp) to our replies?

AhmedAl_Attar — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:14:45 GMT

I did that, and still didn't work!

Re: Can we attach Enterprise Guide Projects (*.egp) to our replies?

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:35:16 GMT

In essence, a .egp file is a zip archive. It might be that the forum software recognizes the incompatibility of content to filename extension and removes the file because of this.

Re: Can we attach Enterprise Guide Projects (*.egp) to our replies?

ChrisHemedinger — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:52:24 GMT

Forum software such as ours keys off of "mime type" to identify a file attachment and reconcile the contents with what is known about the file extension. It errs on the side of caution -- if the file extension/mime type doesn't square with the file contents, it's disallowed. Your browser actually decides what mime type to assign, and ironically -- those with SAS Enterprise Guide installed would probably have trouble attaching the file, because your system calls it one thing when it's actually a ZIP file format.

We made accommodations for easily sharable files like SAS programs and SAS data sets. But EGP files do have the issue cited here -- compatibility across releases. Compressing in a zip file is a workaround for sharing here, if you'd like.

Re: Can we attach Enterprise Guide Projects (*.egp) to our replies?

AhmedAl_Attar — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 12:46:20 GMT

Thanks Chris,
I'll keep that in mind for the future.
Regards,
Ahmed