On 11/18/12 11:49 AM, Rufus wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> On 11/18/12 8:41 AM, Rufus wrote: >>> >>> What's going on with SM 2.13.2 not handling .pdf links now? Anytime I >>> click a .pdf referring link I get either a "cannot display" notice or no >>> download of the referenced .pdf. I also get a null page for a .aspx >>> referenced link. >>> >>> Tried my own previous workaround (reverting to Reader 9.5.2) and now >>> that's not even working; it had before I updated to 2.13.2, I seem to >>> recall. >>> >>> What's the fix, or is a fix coming? >>> >> >> Windows XP SP3 >> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121026 SeaMonkey/2.13.2 >> Adobe Reader 11.0 >> Adobe Acrobat plugin nppdf32.dll 11.0.0.379 >> >> Links delivering PDF files with the MIME type application/pdf appear in >> my SeaMonkey browser window. However, some Web servers fail to specify >> the correct MIME type. PDF files with the wrong MIME type cause Adobe >> Reader to launch and display the files in a separate Adobe window. >> > > It's behaving differently for SM's Mac version - a .pdf will *never* > display in a Browser window for me, and it seems I cannot get a .pdf to > directly download - I have to "Save Link Target As" and open it manually > from my Desktop; and even then sometimes that works, sometimes it > doesn't - Reader claims "unknown format". A .pdf never self-launches > into Reader. > > I've updated to Reader XI and it's plugins, and the problem has only > gotten worse. >
Do you have both Adobe Acrobat (the writer) and Adobe Reader installed? I found that proper viewing of a PDF link by a Gecko-based browser (e.g., SeaMonkey) requires that the writer be installed BEFORE the reader. If you update the writer, you must then remove and re-install the reader (unless, of course, you are installing a newer version of the reader right after the writer). Here is a test case. Go to <http://www.rsrpd.org/admin/reports.html> and select any "Agenda" link. These PDF links display for me in SeaMonkey via the Adobe Reader plugin. -- 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
