Closed
Bug 156672
Opened 22 years ago
Closed 19 years ago
Helper Applications does not seem to work
Categories
(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
EXPIRED
People
(Reporter: jmcvicke, Assigned: law)
Details
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Q312461)
BuildID: 2002052306
Where I work we have several internal CD-ROM databases. By using a webpage
staff or patrons can select the database. We are using a program called CDUSER
to make the necessary connections. It currently works fine with Netscape 4.79
but we would like to move to Mozilla. So on a test machine I installed Mozilla
1.0 RC3. I am running Windows 98 SE. I went to the Preferences, Navigator and
Helper Applications. I select New Type. For Description of Type I put in
CDAPP8, For the File Extension I put cd8, For MIME Type I put in
application/cd8 and for Application to Use I put in t:\apps\cdnet32
\cduser.exe /F "t:\apps\cdnet32\public.mdb" /N "CDAPP8" In order for this all
to work I also created a TXT file called CDAPP8.CD8. When I click on the link
for CDAPP8 nothing happens. Under Netscape the first time it was launched it
would ask if I want to open the file or save it to disk. I would just tell it
to open the file and select the box to do it everytime and then it would run
the program.
Also I can not delete the entry I created in the Helper Applications section.
The buttons on the right hand side disappear when I select the entry. It
appears the entry is so long that it moves the buttons to the right.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
See Above.
Actual Results: See Above.
Expected Results: Clicking on the link should have launched the CD-ROM
database application.
Comment 1•22 years ago
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I'm marking this as a dupe of bug 57420 since, based on your description, you're
defining a helper application with command line switches and nothing is
happening - same symptoms as that bug. Note that the workaround in that bug is
to call a shell script (or batch file) that, itself, runs the full command.
(If you determine your problem to actually be different, you can re-open this one.)
The "buttons to the right" problem is bug 146756.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 57420 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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Comment 2•22 years ago
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I edited the Application string to t:\apps\cdnet32\cduser.exe and tried to click
on the link and it did nothing. I also tried to create a batch file to execute
the full command and that didn't do anything either.
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Comment 3•22 years ago
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Okay. Can't immediately dupe (or confirm) this bug, but the severity should not
be marked as Blocker. (Click on "Severity" for guidelines.) Reducing to Normal.
Additional bugs to look at with a quick "helper app" query of Bugzilla:
bug 148995 (despite the extension, the server may be "serving" text/plain)
bug 58667 (although this won't be the cause, it indicates you won't get debugging)
Severity: blocker → normal
Updated•22 years ago
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QA Contact: sairuh → petersen
"So on a test machine I installed Mozilla 1.0 RC3"
Was this reproroducable on a Mozilla 1.7 machine?
Comment 5•19 years ago
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Comment 6•19 years ago
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This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago → 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → EXPIRED
Updated•8 years ago
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Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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