Any ideas what could be causing this behavior? ~Roger On Dec 11, 12:48 pm, roger <[email protected]> wrote: > I just realized that it doesn't seem to matter what type of file I > drop onto the TW, it doesn't create a tiddler with a link to the file, > but rather opens the file either in the browser or the default > application. So dropping an rft file for example, causes the file to > open in Word. So it seems obvious that this isn't an Adobe related > issue. Also upgrade Firefox from 3.5.1 to 3.5.5, but that didn't make > a difference either. > > ~Roger > > On Dec 11, 11:17 am, roger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Others in my office use FileDropPlugin daily to create tiddlers that > > link to pdf files created by our scanning software. However, I just > > tried to use it myself and it's not working. When I drop a pdf file > > onto the TW file in my browser window, rather than creating a tiddler, > > the browser opens the pdf file for viewing within the browser. I > > checked the about:config setting as suggested by Eric in the > > FileDropPlugin usage notes, and have the same problem whether the > > setting is set to true or false. > > > My assumption is that the problem is with a setting in either Adobe > > Reader or in Firefox. I did recently upgrade Adobe Reader from ver > > 8.x to ver 9.2.0. I think everyone else in our office is using ver > > 8.x, but I had to upgrade to maintain compatibility with another > > application that uses reader. > > > I have discovered that by updating FileDropPlugin from ver. 0.1.1 to > > the most current version the problem is fixed. So I know how to > > correct the problem for the future, but we have a ton of TW's that are > > using the old version of FileDropPlugin without any complaint. So I > > guess I'd like to know exactly what the source of the problem is that > > I experience on my machine so the other users don't run into the same > > problem I just encountered. > > > All TW & linked pdf files are locally stored. Firefox is ver. 3.5.x > > TW core is ver. 2.2.5 or 2.4.1 > > > ~Roger
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