We added in certain filetypes that we understand (PDF, WAV, MID) and we
pass them to the shell to execute.
As far as the C: issue, those files are downloaded to wherever TMP
points.
Mike Kaply
IBM
Mikus Grinbergs wrote:
> Running 2001052506. Happened to click on the URL link to a PDF
> file. Was surprised that:
>
> 1. Mozilla downloaded the file to C: (where my TEMP points)
> rather than to E: (where Mozilla resides, and where
> downloads would normally go.)
>
> 2. Mozilla opened Acrobat Viewer for me to look at the
> downloaded file with.
>
> What confuses me is that the __only__ entry in my helper_application
> list is the (default) text/html one, and the only plugins I have are
> NPOJI6 and NPNULOS2.
>
> Did Mozilla use the OS/2 filetype_extension associations to decide
> that the file could be passed to an application rather than being
> saved_to_disk ? (If it asked me, I didn't pay attention -- I just
> hit <enter> for whatever pop-up I saw.)
>
> At a time long long ago I thought that for browsers to call an
> application, there *needed* to be a matching entry in the helper-
> applications list (or the proper plug-in had to be installed).
> Does Mozilla invoke applications *without* having either of these ?
>
> mikus
