Problems saving to server from Intel Carbon APPs

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We have a problem when saving Office-documents from Intel-machines to public sharepoints on an OS X-server. The clients are using AFP. This is what happens: When browsing the folders on the server, the save dialog will suddenly become non-responsible. This seems to happen when we encounter folders that have files with resourceforks in them (e.g. Quark 4-files). The save-button shifts a little bit and we are unable to browse other folders, push any buttons or anything else in the Office-programs. I’ve checked the log-files, which do not report anything specific happening at this point, neither in the console nor the system log. The AFP-logs at the server does not report any problems either. The only solution at this point is force-quitting the Office-app. This is repeatable on a number of Intel-macs (but not PPC-based Macs), running Mac OS 10.4.8 and Office 11.3. The server is a DP XServe G4, running OS 10.4.8 Server
We have tried turning off ACLs without any positive results.

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There are some custom icons at the volume level, but not in the folders where the save dialog typically hangs. Are custom icons problematic and should be removed?

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MacTroll wrote:

I’ve heard of issues with Rosetta apps and the custom icons.

Anything in the logs on the client?

Unfortunately not. I’ve checked all logs without any success. We could of course just remove all custom icons and see what happens.

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