Open Bug 189601 Opened 22 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Selected helper app saved, but never called

Categories

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect

Tracking

()

People

(Reporter: cubhuntr, Unassigned)

References

(Depends on 1 open bug)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212 The first time I clicked on a .jpg attachment in an e-mail message Mozilla asked me if I wanted to save it or open it. When I selected Open, it asked me to identify the helper app to use. I selected Paint Shop Pro, browsing to the full path of the executable. I also unchecked the box telling Mozilla to always ask for this type of file. EVERY time I click on a jpeg image the dialog box pops up, asking me if I want to save or open, and the check mark is back in the Always ask box. The icon in the upper right corner of this dialog box is the correct icon for Paint Shop Pro, but if I select the Open option, the OK button is grayed out until I browse out to the psp.exe file, each time. I looked under the Advanced button and it has all the correct information in there for the helper app. I also checked under preferences and Paint Shop Pro is still identified as the helper app, so that part is correct. What needs to be done to make it stick so that if I click on a jpeg image Mozilla automatically launches my app of choice and opens the image? BTW, I just tested this on files with a .bmp extension and I get the same results Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Click on jpeg or bitmap attachment 2 [review].Dialog box for how I want to handle this file type always appears 3. Actual Results: Have to manually reselect the proper executable, then click on OK for image to open Expected Results: Remembered my instructions to always open a jpeg or bitmap image when I click on it, using Paint Shop Pro.
If you still have the "advanced" button in that dialog you're using the old version of all this code. It got rewritten a few days ago. Please retest with a current build.
This is a combination of bug 58557 (that covers the "don't ask" setting not being persisted) and bug 58554.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Depends on: 58554, 58557
Ever confirmed: true
removing dependency on bug 58557 because that bug only affected the pref dialog. for content-disposition:attachment dialogs we should no longer allow unchecking "Always ask me" (that was bug 193698) for other types, this dialog should no longer come up. however, if you have already an entry for other types, bug 58554 will make it work. leaving open until that bug is fixed.
No longer depends on: 58557
Assignee: law → nobody
QA Contact: chrispetersen → file-handling
Product: Core → Firefox
Version: Trunk → unspecified
Severity: normal → S3
You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.