On 6/24/11 11:49 PM, cyberzen wrote: > Cecil Bankston a écrit : >> David E. Ross wrote: >>> On 6/23/11 6:53 PM, Cecil Bankston wrote: >>>> David E. Ross wrote: >>>>> On 6/23/11 11:19 AM, Cecil Bankston wrote: >>>>>> When I click a link for a PDF file in SeaMonkey 2.1 a new tab opens >>>>>> with >>>>>> the name of the file but the tab is blank. Previously such PDF files >>>>>> would open normally in the browser. It made no difference whether I >>>>>> had >>>>>> Foxit or Adobe Reader set as my default PDF reader. >>>>> >>>>> SeaMonkey 2.1 with Adobe Reader 10.1.0 on Windows XP SP3. >>>>> >>>>> No problem. >>>>> >>>>> If the link does not force a new tab or window and I do not >>>>> middle-click >>>>> to create a new tab, the PDF file opens in the existing tab. For a >>>>> short while, I get a blank screen with an ugly, large progress bar >>>>> (black frame with blue progress). When the document is open and >>>>> displayed, an Adobe Reader toolbar is superimposed over the window; >>>>> this >>>>> is easily and quickly dismissed. >>>>> >>>>> I suggest you check your Adobe Reader preferences and then you >>>>> SeaMonkey >>>>> preferences. >>>>> >>>> Using the same OS and SeaMonkey& Adobe Reader versions, I just get a >>>> blank tab. I don't see any SeaMonkey preferences that should be >>>> relevant. SeaMonkey already is set to use the default PDF reader. PDF >>>> attachments to e-mails also try to open in a browser tab but only >>>> produce a blank tab. >>> >>> What about Adobe Reader (not SeaMonkey) preferences? >>> >>> Open Adobe Reader. You do not need a PDF file open; just launch the >>> Reader itself. On the Reader menu bar (not SeaMonkey), go to [Edit> >>> Preferences]. On Adobe's Preferences window, along the left side under >>> Categories, select Internet. Are the first two checkboxes checked? >>> Have you set the correct "Connection speed"? >>> >> Without having made any changes, one PDF did display normally in the >> browser today, though another that was an e-mail attachment gave the >> same blank tab. The Adobe preferences Internet checkboxes were checked. >> I did adjust the connection speed to account for my cable connection, >> though I doubt that was relevant to the problem. I have had NoScript >> installed long before the PDF problem appeared, but might its new >> version be causing the problem? Are those who are having a similar >> problem also using NoScript? > > have you considered the details of the mail attachment by typing (control U) > for example > ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01CC329E.71404240 > Content-Type: application/pdf; > name="Format A40000286A.pdf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="Format A40000286A.pdf" > > in this example the pdf shows correctly > maybe something is wrong in helpers prefernces, or in the mail > attachment encoding
The original message in this thread is about viewing PDF files in the browser via links on a Web page, not PDF attachments to E-mail. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> On occasion, I might filter and ignore all newsgroup messages posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent because of spam from that source. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
