On 7/26/12 3:32 PM, BIll Spikowski wrote: > Jim Taylor wrote: >> BIll Spikowski wrote: >>> Jim Taylor wrote: >>>> Jay O'Brien wrote: >>>>> I have two computers on my desktop, both running SM. One, a Windows >>>>> 7 64-bit machine, when I double-click on an attached pdf file >>>>> displays the pdf in Adobe reader. The other computer, XP 32-bit, >>>>> displays the files as an application/pdf Object in the SM browser, >>>>> not in Adobe reader. >>>>> >>>>> What sets this action? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Jay O'Brien >>>>> >>>> That action is set in Adobe Reader. You don't say what version you >>>> have so it might not be in the same place in all versions. In my >>>> Reader X (version 10) it is Edit-Preferences-Internet and check or >>>> uncheck "Display PDF in browser" in right pane under Web Browser >>>> Options. >>> >>> >>> I've recently begun having the same problem, all on Windows XP >>> machines. On my home computers, PDFs open in the SM browser (my >>> preference), but at work, after a recent SM upgrade, they began >>> opening in my full version of Adobe Acrobat. All the machines use the >>> same operating system and the identical version of SM >>> >>> Acrobat has the same preference settings as Reader; my problem is not >>> there, as my preference is already set to "display PDF in browser." >>> >>> It also has nothing to do with email settings for attached files; my >>> problem is PDFs opened from web links. >>> >>> I've followed other advice offered in this NG but I've never figured >>> out where the glitch is, or how to restore the behavior I prefer... >>> >>> >> The only think else I know to check is SeaMonkey's Helper Applications >> settings. Edit-Preferences-Browser-Helper Applications scroll right >> panel down to Adobe Acrobat Document and make sure it is set to your >> preference of either "Use Adobe Reader" or "Use Adobe Acrobat (in >> SeaMonkey)". If that is OK I don't know where else to look. > > > I tried this, selecting "Use Adobe Acrobat (in SM)" -- but then it > opened PDFs with Adobe Reader in SM, not what I wanted. > > So I uninstalled Adobe Reader; then it began opening PDFs in Adobe > Acrobat in the browser, which puts me back where I started and where I > want to be -- thank you for the suggestion! > >
Oh! I had forgotten all about this. The answer is that, if you have both Adobe Reader and Acrobat (the writer) installed, a PDF link in a Web page opens in whichever of these two was the last to be installed. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
