Closed
Bug 57810
Opened 24 years ago
Closed 24 years ago
Open Using doesn't let you uncheck "always ask me" for PDF
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect, P3)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
mozilla0.8
People
(Reporter: jesup, Assigned: paulkchen)
References
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Details
FreeBSD 4.1 20001023xx (trunk)
I try to browse to a PDF, and it tells me that it can't be viewed with mozilla.
I select to open it with another application, browse, type
"/usr/X11R6/bin/xpdf", select Ok (on the file requester), select Ok (on the
Downloading requester), and instead of opening it with the specified program
(xpdf), a save requester comes up, and it asks me what file I want to save it
as.
Comment 1•24 years ago
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Confirmed on Linux 2000102221 (trunk) for any file type mozilla does not
recognize (or at least all I have tried).
Note that going into the preferences and setting up an application for a file
type works fine; it's only when you try to pick an application without having
one predefined that this bug occurs.
Reporter | ||
Comment 2•24 years ago
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Anyone available to check under Win32? I suspect this might be different in
Win32. I see this as fairly serious. Did this ever work?
Updated•24 years ago
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QA Contact: sairuh → shrir
setting up an application does not always work so fine.
Not if you have the somewhat cryptic option "Ask before opening downloaded..."
checked. Filed bug 57582 about that.
Comment 4•24 years ago
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I filed a cosmetic issue related to this problem under bug 58177. When the
'Open using' radio is selected, the edit box is still uneditable, ie. not activated.
Comment 5•24 years ago
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I wonder if this is the same as what I'm seeing.
Using Netscape 6, I created a helper app mimetype for application/pdf. I think
went to http://www.moolenaar.net/ and clicked on one of the pdf links near the
bottom. The file is getting saved but the helper app isn't ever launched so the
document is never loaded and the document never attempts to load in the helper
app if it's already been launched. For me, the "ask me" checkbox doesn't help or
hurt my situation. Maybe I should file this as a separate bug?
Comment 6•24 years ago
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This URL crashes for me, rtm linux rh6.2 bits.
I have not added any helper apps, and don't have
a pdf plugin installed.
Comment 7•24 years ago
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The problem exists on Solaris as well, for any type.
Updated•24 years ago
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Assignee: don → vishy
Comment 8•24 years ago
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Since Don has left, Vishy is taking his bugs in bulk, pending reassignment.
thanks,
Vishy
nav triage team:
Should look into this, marking nsbeta1, target milestone mozilla0.9.1,
reassigning to pchen
Comment 10•24 years ago
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currently i can open pdf files from web just fine, spawning acrobat reader as
helper app. But if i try to open a pdf file on local disk, it renders in browser
instead. 2001010517 linux.
Opening doc files (application/winword) with abiword fails completely:
type application/octet-stream is "discovered" - regardless of what i put in
mimeTypes. I have to point browser to application to use via filepicker each
time - then it opens OK, but all is forgotten till next time of course.
Updated•24 years ago
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Target Milestone: mozilla0.9.1 → mozilla0.8
Comment 11•24 years ago
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We're past time to cut these low priority bugs from mozilla0.8. Please update
these bugs today.
Reporter | ||
Comment 12•24 years ago
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Tested with FreeBSD 4.1 20010131xx snapshot
Works now; properly starts xpdf. However, the you can't uncheck the box so that
you don't have to re-select xpdf every time you select a PDF file. Changing
summary to match partially-fixed behavior.
Reducing severity.
Severity: major → normal
Summary: "Open using" ignored for application/pdf (probably all types) → Open Using doesn't let you uncheck "always ask me" for PDF
Assignee | ||
Comment 13•24 years ago
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Well, now this bug is similar to a few other bugs that I know exist in the
database. One is you can't uncheck the "always ask" checkbox (it's dimmed). Two
is that we should automagically add the mapping into the helper apps database
(probably the real reason behind number one). I would consider marking this a
dupe of one of those other bugs.
Assignee | ||
Comment 14•24 years ago
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Marking as dup of 52454, which is bug about "always ask me" checkbox doesn't
work
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 52454 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Comment 15•24 years ago
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*** Bug 69211 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 16•22 years ago
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mass duplicate verifications . For filtering purposes, pls use keywd
"massdupverification"
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Core → Mozilla Application Suite
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