Re: IE5 and PDF files.

[tser <te...@worldonline.nl>]

Hi,

This problem is not related to Apache.
The problem is very easy to solve and is _not_ related to the Server,
but to the browser

This is a Half-Known bug in Explorer, associated with the File Types
Handling.
the problem is not that ie5 doesn't recognize the PDF file, but that it
doesn't
launch acrobat reader.

i tracked the registry of a sysem, to prove that.

Similair reports are seen with Word files And Excel Spreadsheets, as
well with
"Mailto:name@sowmehere.com" adresses. 

During various test installation , we saw this problem, it's happening
also to
Clients Connectiong to IIS 4.0.




1) Open WindowsExplorer and Explore to a Hardisk.
2)   Go to [ view Folder] Options
3)   Select [File Types]
4)     Search for your PDF File Type
5)     Select Edit
6)       Select [Actions] Open
7)       Select Edit

Now Lookup up to the "application used to perform the action.
this is very likely something like 
x:\somepath\some.exe

This should be "x:\somepath\some.exe" "%1"
[USE DDDE   ] [ Mark it]
[DDE MESSAGE] [ %1     ]

those "" in front of the file name, and before and after %1 are very
important.

Regards,
	Reinder Kraaij.
> When the customer downloads the PDF, Internet Explorer 5 (on Windows NT)
> does not bring the Adobe Acrobat Reader up to display the Page Image thus
> delivered (even though the file-type association indicates the the Acrobat
> Reader should handle content types of application/pdf.