> > Unfortunately, the nature of my client's environment is that I can't
> > get them to download EXEs apart from the MC player or an installer
> > for the Player. It is a very secure environment with strict rules on
> > what can and can't be downloaded. They don't even want the *.mc
> > stacks to be resident any longer than necessary - this is why they
> > want Netscape to serve up *.mc files using cache space, so they'll be
> > flushed away in due course!
>
>
>Somebody correct me if it's not so, but I believe MC stacks that you
>load via http never touch your HD - they're loaded into memory and don't
>go any farther unless you explicitly save them. How's that for
>clutterless?
>
>Phil Davis
I'm delivering to an NT 4 environment running Netscape Communicator
4.6. If my installer sets up the NT Registry, then Netscape knows
that mc.exe should be used with any *.mc files. However, the first
time a user downloads a *.mc file Netscape pops up a dialog box
telling them this is what will happen, but also letting the user
choose to either 'open' the *.mc (using mc.exe) or 'save to disk' the
*.mc. Also, this dialog defaults to 'ask every time'.
What I'm trying to achieve is a state such that Netscape knows to use
mc.exe with *.mc and doesn't give the user the chance to 'save' the
file and doesn't keep asking them about it as well. The user base is
very broad with some users who'd get things right, but others who'd
definitely get things wrong and tart saving files all over the place!
Once Netscape has been set up as above, then things are as you say,
at least in the sense that all temporary Web files go via the cache,
but are flushed when the cache is full - so they have no permanent
effect or presence.
Best regards
Peter
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