On 14/03/2018 04:41:06, ultred ragnusen wrote:
mick wrote:

Thinking of another way, while I wait, if I use Chrome, I get even more
primitive sharing options on iOS, but if I use Safari on iOS, the sharing
options include "File Explorer", so here's what I tried.

I opened the Safari browser to a test PowerPoint doc at
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/to...amplepptx.pptx

While viewing that PowerPoint doc in Safari, I hit the "Sharing" button and
then the "Copy to File Explorer" button.
http://i.cubeupload.com/twlGlG.jpg

There was no indication of anything happening, which is a flaw in any
operating system, but which is pretty normal for iOS. The document did not
seem to go into File Explorer, so, the user is left wondering what
happened.
http://i.cubeupload.com/mAUKPG.jpg

The same primitive results happened when I pressed the Safari Sharing "Save
to Files", where the only options available didn't include any apps of any
use for the file-transfer purpose.

Interestingly, I hit the "save to Air Transfer" button inside of the
primitive Safari sharing mechanism, and it immediately told me with a great
graphic that it was saved into the "Documents" folder of Air Transfer app.
http://i.cubeupload.com/l3r5Oj.jpg

Using the primitive and limited Safari Sharing "Save to MFExplorer" button
also worked fine, successfully putting the file in the MyFileExplorer
private space under the "Import" directory.
http://i.cubeupload.com/sYEQVj.jpg

So, for whatever reason, either Safari failed and didn't provide any
messages when trying to save into the private space of "File Explorer", or,
maybe it worked, but File Explorer isn't showing where the file went?

Quite honestly I don't like iOS at all. I tolerate the iPad because
that is what my wife wanted and then only for Facetime. It does have
its uses but I have not had much inclination to really explore it to
the full.
I don't like Safari, even less Chrome. I use Firefox on the iPad.
The best thing to do is to make your own folders on the iPad in the
Local directory using FE.
Then using FE you can transfer any files from windows to those iPad
folders for viewing in whatever app you like.

--
mick