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Re: asyncHTTP vs IE file differences

• Posted by irv mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> Jul 08, 2004
• 479 views

Kat wrote:
> 
> I downloaded a file from the internet twice, once in IE, once in 
> asyncHTTP.ew, and got different filesizes, even tho they display the same,, 
> or at least look like the same to my two biological eyes. I saved both files
> to
> disk, and went to Textpad, and ran a file compare, and got this:
> 
> -------
> Compare: (<)U:\asynctest.jpg (1305697 bytes)
>    with: (>)C:\goods_hstacs_f1.jpg (1305709 bytes)
> 
> The files are identical
> ------
> 
> But they are plainly different sizes! 
> I then saved to the same folder, with names asynctest1.jpg and 
> asynctest2.jpg (to get the filename lengths the same), and the same 
> compare results, same file lengths. It looks to me like asyncHTTP.ew lost 12 
> bytes, but i don't know where, or if they are important, or IE added 12 bytes,
>
> or what? The file is at 
> <a
> href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0306/goods_hstacs_f1.jpg">http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0306/goods_hstacs_f1.jpg</a>

Looks like asyncHTTP.ew lost bytes. 
The file as downloaded by Firefox is 1305709 bytes.
Also looks like you can't trust Textpad :)

Irv