How to add helper applications (Was: how to add a new helper in SM2 (visio file on Windows)

JeffM wrote, On 8/12/2009 1:34 AM: dominique wrote: I'm stuck on my WinXP based SM2 when opening an email attachment which is a file.vsd (i.e. a Visio file). Currently, I can only save it. Actually my problem is : how do I add a *new* helper application to SM2 ? (in this case, to open Visio

Re: how to add a new helper in SM2 (visio file on Windows)

dominique wrote: Hello all, I'm stuck on my WinXP based SM2 when opening an email attachment which is a file.vsd (i.e. a Visio file). Currently, I can only save it. Is there a way to add to the helper the use of the visio.exe program when double-clicking it (email attachment) ? is there a

Re: how to add a new helper in SM2 (visio file on Windows)

Robert Kaiser wrote, On 8/12/2009 1:51 PM: If you only get save, then as far as I know, the file type SM thinks it is is application/octet-stream and those are usually executables. As it's often dangerous to open executables from remote sources, we don't allow those to be opened directly, we

Re: how to add a new helper in SM2 (visio file on Windows)

dominique wrote: In an example I see a MIME type multipart / mixed though... multipart/mixed just means that it contains multiple parts that can have mixed content. The attachments are inside that enclosure and have their own MIME type. Robert Kaiser

Re: how to add a new helper in SM2 (visio file on Windows)

dominique wrote: I'm stuck on my WinXP based SM2 when opening an email attachment which is a file.vsd (i.e. a Visio file). Currently, I can only save it. A personal preference (with a nod toward non-lock-in standards): The longer you keep files in proprietary formats, the less useful the files