On 1/4/06, Markus Eberle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > [...] What mechanism is used by IE, what triggers IE, to launch
> > a PDF viewer? Is it the doctype? Or the content-type?
>
> Most of the time the IE honors the content-type, if this tells it is pdf,
> the
> pdf application is launched.
> Perhaps you have a rare occasion, in which the wrong content-type is sent?


That was my also my guess, but the content-type is set to
'text/html;charset=UTF-8'
and never changes.

Just in case: Are your sure, the user, who sent the screenshot is not
> kidding
> you?


Yes, I am sure.  A few weeks ago I received the same complaint. At that time
it sounded too weird to be real, so I dismissed it without  having a look at
it.

Marcel

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