Nick Hull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My brother is having problems opening .pdf files. It works if he opens > Acrobat first, but if he just double clicks on the .pdf icon his Performa > 475 opens Netscaspe instead of Acrobat and he sees 'gibberish', presumable > the test instructions for Adobe. > > Running Disk Doctor and rebuilding the desktop did not fix the problem. > ASny help appreciated.
Are these pdf's that netscape has downloaded? It sounds like whatever program that's created the files (on your machine, including downloading) has set the creator and/or type wrong. If you have a copy of resedit, you can see what those are set to: start resedit, and use the file:open menubar command to open one of his pdf files. It'll ask if adding a resource fork is okay, and it is. Use file:get_info_for_(the_name_of_the_file). The type should be PDF and the creator should be CARO. If it isn't, it's a problem with whatever program created the file. I'm not sure how old the file exchange control panel is, but check and see if it's there. There's where you should be able to map downloaded files that end with .pdf to Acrobat and pdf. If there's no such beast on his computer or it's already set to those settings, look in the program that downloaded the files- there's bound to be a setting for that. Or, he could put an alias to acrobat on his desktop and just drop pdfs on it. That's how I open simpletext files with bbedit. I think there's also stuff in the standard applescript libraries to change type and creator, if you want to create a drag and drop file type changer. You might want to repeat the question on the quadlist too-- I think that's a 68040 machine. -- Dana [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
