This is just a wild guess.
Maybe the file was emailed to the person that created the CD? Some e-mail
servers will reject zip files. So if you want to send one, you have to
rename the extension. I'd try changing it to *.zip and seeing if it opens in
winzip (or XP).
"r_greve" wrote in message
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> got a cd from boss this morning to open in inventor, It has an *.*iv file
extension after??? has anyone even seen this before or happen to know how to
import file