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12-01-2020, 01:03 PM

I developed a spreadsheet to help me calculate Rear Sight Deflection to correct windage errors. (I can never remember the formula.) I thought I'd try and add this to the "Life Hacks" thread as a useful tool. But when I tried to upload the file via "attachments", I get an error when I tried to upload it:

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Am I missing something? Maybe this filetype is not allowed? No problem if so, just thought I would ask.

I'm using the FireFox webbrowser, on Linux Mint. The spreadsheet was developed with LibreOffice. Here is a PDF of the spreadsheet I'm trying to upload:

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LittleLebowski

12-01-2020, 02:00 PM

Nobody uses .ods anymore, if anyone ever did. Export it to .xls and it will work.

12-01-2020, 02:24 PM

Thanks!

Unfortunately I'm getting the same error on upload, with the file saved as "*.xls."

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Sorry to be a PITA. I don't see *.xls in the list of allowed file types, but maybe I'm missing something fundamental...

LittleLebowski

12-01-2020, 03:33 PM

Email it to webmaster(at)this-forum.com, I’ll handle it.

12-01-2020, 03:46 PM

Email it to webmaster(at)this-forum.com, I’ll handle it.

Much obliged.

I was thinking why that might be a restricted file type, as it's probably not a Great Idea to allow user's to attach random *.xls files in posts, over which you have no real control.

And since you probably have other things to do, let me investigate hosting that file elsewhere (like a Google Doc) and see if I can't just imbed a link to it. Appreciate the offer of help though!

rich

12-01-2020, 03:47 PM

Testing link to a *.xls file hosted on Google Docs:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSxJya8XbZV1QZ1kHJiGDPOrJxAE6GJgeOVUa3PhPBWrWH9iU 0--88k9SvHBsjtB735QHBDDazhH9Jx/pubhtml

12-01-2020, 06:06 PM

Testing link to a *.xls file hosted on Google Docs:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSxJya8XbZV1QZ1kHJiGDPOrJxAE6GJgeOVUa3PhPBWrWH9iU 0--88k9SvHBsjtB735QHBDDazhH9Jx/pubhtml

Ok, I think I have this worked out; this is a link to a spreadsheet on Google Sheets with the four cells "editable" to product the values in the calculator.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eDYgxdJIvmRwFUgAiIog7S8x1_p48gQSqUH6cqqMHck/edit?usp=sharing

Post where I put the link:

https://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?23077-Life-Hacks-Thread&p=1149451&viewfull=1#post1149451

LittleLebowski thanks for the help!

rich