Re: No "helper applications" for xls and doc files

2019-12-23 Thread Hartmut Figge
David E. Ross: >As I recall, you can add a new helper application by selecting a link in >a Web page to a .doc or .xls file. SeaMonkey will then popup a dialogue >requesting whether to save or open the file. You then select to open >the file. That results in another dialogue that allows you to

Re: No "helper applications" for xls and doc files

2019-12-23 Thread David E. Ross
On 12/23/2019 9:28 AM, Lee wrote: > On 8/17/19, Sarty, Gordon wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have searched the web and looked through files on my computer but can >> find no way to add xls and doc file types to the Preferences -> Broswer >> -&

Re: No "helper applications" for xls and doc files

2019-12-23 Thread Lee
On 12/23/19, Hartmut Figge wrote: > Lee: > >>It's probably the same now.. you just have to figure out the proper >>"Content Type" for xls and doc files.. > > I have searched for a .xls on my machine using 'locate' and found one in > the source of SM-2.53. Trying to open that resulted in > >

Re: No "helper applications" for xls and doc files

2019-12-23 Thread Hartmut Figge
Lee: >It's probably the same now.. you just have to figure out the proper >"Content Type" for xls and doc files.. I have searched for a .xls on my machine using 'locate' and found one in the source of SM-2.53. Trying to open that resulted in http://www.triffids.de/pub/screenshot/xls191223.png

Re: No "helper applications" for xls and doc files

2019-12-23 Thread Lee
On 8/17/19, Sarty, Gordon wrote: > Hello, > > I have searched the web and looked through files on my computer but can > find no way to add xls and doc file types to the Preferences -> Broswer > -> Helper Applications list. They used to be there for SeaMonkey. Yes, there u

No "helper applications" for xls and doc files

2019-12-22 Thread Sarty, Gordon
Hello, I have searched the web and looked through files on my computer but can find no way to add xls and doc file types to the Preferences -> Broswer -> Helper Applications list. They used to be there for SeaMonkey. How can I add those file types?

Re: Helper Applications

2018-06-02 Thread Roger Fink
On 5/3/2018 4:08 PM, David E. Ross wrote: Is there a way to edit SeaMonkey's list of Helper Applications? I want to add an entry for a file extension and delete another entry. Set up a new profile and re-create all the helper apps exactly the way you want them. Then overinstall

Re: Helper Applications

2018-05-04 Thread WaltS48
On 5/3/18 4:08 PM, David E. Ross wrote: Is there a way to edit SeaMonkey's list of Helper Applications? I want to add an entry for a file extension and delete another entry. I have used this in Firefox. <http://kb.mozillazine.org/Register_protocol#Firefox_3.5_and_above> -- G

Re: Helper Applications

2018-05-03 Thread Lee
On 5/3/18, David E. Ross <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote: > Is there a way to edit SeaMonkey's list of Helper Applications? I want > to add an entry for a file extension and delete another entry. The UI for editing helper apps was removed in SeaMonkey 2.0; now you have to edit

Helper Applications

2018-05-03 Thread David E. Ross
Is there a way to edit SeaMonkey's list of Helper Applications? I want to add an entry for a file extension and delete another entry. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> First you say you do, and then you don't. And then you say you will, but then won't. You're undecided now, so w

Helper Applications file types

2017-09-26 Thread EE
SeaMonkey no longer seems to take file associations from the operating system and copy them to the Helper Applications section of Preferences. Why is that? When I made a new profile for a new version of SeaMonkey, I found only about half a dozen entries in that area, whereas there were more

Re: Helper Applications File Types?

2016-02-03 Thread EE
Larry S. wrote: WaltS48 wrote: Larry S. wrote: Received an MP4 file via e-mail. It plays beautifully, but I have no idea which of my many applications is playing it. I look in "Helper Applications", but file types aren't shown there. Somehow I'm supposed to guess which application p

Re: Helper Applications File Types?

2016-02-02 Thread Larry S.
WaltS48 wrote: Larry S. wrote: Received an MP4 file via e-mail. It plays beautifully, but I have no idea which of my many applications is playing it. I look in "Helper Applications", but file types aren't shown there. Somehow I'm supposed to guess which application plays which typ

Re: Helper Applications File Types?

2016-02-02 Thread Paul in Houston, TX
Larry S. wrote: Received an MP4 file via e-mail. It plays beautifully, but I have no idea which of my many applications is playing it. I look in "Helper Applications", but file types aren't shown there. Somehow I'm supposed to guess which application plays which type? Plea

Helper Applications File Types?

2016-02-02 Thread Larry S.
Received an MP4 file via e-mail. It plays beautifully, but I have no idea which of my many applications is playing it. I look in "Helper Applications", but file types aren't shown there. Somehow I'm supposed to guess which application plays which type? Please help me understand h

Re: Helper Applications File Types?

2016-02-02 Thread WaltS48
Larry S. wrote: Received an MP4 file via e-mail. It plays beautifully, but I have no idea which of my many applications is playing it. I look in "Helper Applications", but file types aren't shown there. Somehow I'm supposed to guess which application plays which type? Please help me

Re: Helper Applications

2013-12-18 Thread sean nathan
regz91 wrote, On 12/17/2013 08:10 PM: sean nathan wrote: forgive me for hijacking a thread, but I've just run up against this same problem after someone sent me the following links...

Re: Helper Applications

2013-12-18 Thread sean nathan
EE wrote, On 12/17/2013 12:00 PM: sean nathan wrote: JohnW-Mpls wrote, On 11/22/2013 12:58 PM: Win XP, SM 2.22, Browser's Helper Applications list. I am using a fresh profile of SM and it will not let me save a pdf file I am downloading from US News % WR (with a notice about Helper

Re: Helper Applications

2013-12-17 Thread EE
sean nathan wrote: JohnW-Mpls wrote, On 11/22/2013 12:58 PM: Win XP, SM 2.22, Browser's Helper Applications list. I am using a fresh profile of SM and it will not let me save a pdf file I am downloading from US News % WR (with a notice about Helper Applications). That same file gets saved

Re: Helper Applications

2013-12-17 Thread WaltS
On 12/17/2013 02:00 PM, EE wrote: sean nathan wrote: JohnW-Mpls wrote, On 11/22/2013 12:58 PM: Win XP, SM 2.22, Browser's Helper Applications list. I am using a fresh profile of SM and it will not let me save a pdf file I am downloading from US News % WR (with a notice about Helper

Re: Helper Applications

2013-12-17 Thread regz91
sean nathan wrote: forgive me for hijacking a thread, but I've just run up against this same problem after someone sent me the following links...

Re: Helper Applications

2013-12-16 Thread sean nathan
JohnW-Mpls wrote, On 11/22/2013 12:58 PM: Win XP, SM 2.22, Browser's Helper Applications list. I am using a fresh profile of SM and it will not let me save a pdf file I am downloading from US News % WR (with a notice about Helper Applications). That same file gets saved without hesitation

Re: Helper Applications

2013-12-16 Thread WaltS
On 12/16/2013 01:59 PM, sean nathan wrote: JohnW-Mpls wrote, On 11/22/2013 12:58 PM: Win XP, SM 2.22, Browser's Helper Applications list. I am using a fresh profile of SM and it will not let me save a pdf file I am downloading from US News % WR (with a notice about Helper Applications

Re: Helper Applications

2013-12-16 Thread sean nathan
WaltS wrote, On 12/16/2013 12:14 PM: On 12/16/2013 01:59 PM, sean nathan wrote: JohnW-Mpls wrote, On 11/22/2013 12:58 PM: Win XP, SM 2.22, Browser's Helper Applications list. I am using a fresh profile of SM and it will not let me save a pdf file I am downloading from US News % WR

Helper Applications

2013-11-22 Thread JohnW-Mpls
Win XP, SM 2.22, Browser's Helper Applications list. I am using a fresh profile of SM and it will not let me save a pdf file I am downloading from US News % WR (with a notice about Helper Applications). That same file gets saved without hesitation using my old SM profile. The old helper list

Re: Helper Applications

2013-11-22 Thread Lee
On 11/22/13, JohnW-Mpls john...@comcast.net wrote: Win XP, SM 2.22, Browser's Helper Applications list. I am using a fresh profile of SM and it will not let me save a pdf file I am downloading from US News % WR (with a notice about Helper Applications). That same file gets saved without

Re: Helper Applications

2013-11-22 Thread JohnW-Mpls
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:25:27 -0500, Lee ler...@gmail.com wrote: you can try copying mimeTypes.rdf from your old profile. That did the trick. Thanks. -- JohnW-MN ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org

Helper Applications

2013-08-18 Thread David E. Ross
Where are the associations between MIME types and helper applications stored? -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/ Concerned about someone (e.g., the government) snooping into your E-mail? Use PGP. See my http://www.rossde.com/PGP/ ___ support

Re: Helper Applications

2013-08-18 Thread David E. Ross
On 8/18/13 12:55 PM, David E. Ross wrote: Where are the associations between MIME types and helper applications stored? Forget it. I encounter occasional links to PDF files with the application/pdf MIME type that launch Adobe Reader and display in an Adobe Reader window. This happens despite

Re: Helper Applications

2013-08-18 Thread Rob
David E. Ross nobody@nowhere.invalid wrote: Where are the associations between MIME types and helper applications stored? Mostly in the registry (in Windows). Exceptions that you add yourself are stored in the file mimeTypes.rdf in the profile directory

Re: Bug 147474 - Move 'Helper Applications' out of Navigator (browser) category

2013-08-09 Thread Trane Francks
On 8/9/13 1:51 PM +0900, Edmund Wong wrote: Hi, I'm soliciting some feedback on this bug[1]. Where should Helper Applications be if it isn't good to be in the Advanced category? The patch moves it from the Browser category to the Advanced category. Thanks Edmund [1] https

Re: Bug 147474 - Move 'Helper Applications' out of Navigator (browser) category

2013-08-09 Thread Geoff Welsh
Edmund Wong wrote: Hi, I'm soliciting some feedback on this bug[1]. Where should Helper Applications be if it isn't good to be in the Advanced category? The patch moves it from the Browser category to the Advanced category. Thanks Edmund [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id

Re: Bug 147474 - Move 'Helper Applications' out of Navigator (browser) category

2013-08-09 Thread Jim Taylor
Edmund Wong wrote: Hi, I'm soliciting some feedback on this bug[1]. Where should Helper Applications be if it isn't good to be in the Advanced category? The patch moves it from the Browser category to the Advanced category. Thanks Edmund [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id

Re: Bug 147474 - Move 'Helper Applications' out of Navigator (browser) category

2013-08-09 Thread David E. Ross
On 8/9/13 5:14 AM, Jim Taylor wrote [in part]: Edmund Wong wrote: Hi, I'm soliciting some feedback on this bug[1]. Where should Helper Applications be if it isn't good to be in the Advanced category? The patch moves it from the Browser category to the Advanced category. Thanks Edmund

Bug 147474 - Move 'Helper Applications' out of Navigator (browser) category

2013-08-08 Thread Edmund Wong
Hi, I'm soliciting some feedback on this bug[1]. Where should Helper Applications be if it isn't good to be in the Advanced category? The patch moves it from the Browser category to the Advanced category. Thanks Edmund [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147474

Re: Setting Helper Applications

2012-11-28 Thread Daniel
NoOp wrote: On 11/27/2012 03:31 AM, Daniel wrote: SeaMonkey Internet Suite on MandrivaLinux 2009 - I want to set SeaMonkey to open *.xlsx files with OpenOffice. When I go into Edit-Preferences-Browser-Helper Applications and locate xlsx File, it's set to Always Ask, but I want to change

Setting Helper Applications

2012-11-27 Thread Daniel
SeaMonkey Internet Suite on MandrivaLinux 2009 - I want to set SeaMonkey to open *.xlsx files with OpenOffice. When I go into Edit-Preferences-Browser-Helper Applications and locate xlsx File, it's set to Always Ask, but I want to change it to use OpenOffice, but when I try, I must

Re: Setting Helper Applications

2012-11-27 Thread Cruz, Jaime
Daniel wrote: SeaMonkey Internet Suite on MandrivaLinux 2009 - I want to set SeaMonkey to open *.xlsx files with OpenOffice. When I go into Edit-Preferences-Browser-Helper Applications and locate xlsx File, it's set to Always Ask, but I want to change it to use OpenOffice, but when I try, I

Re: Setting Helper Applications

2012-11-27 Thread NoOp
On 11/27/2012 03:31 AM, Daniel wrote: SeaMonkey Internet Suite on MandrivaLinux 2009 - I want to set SeaMonkey to open *.xlsx files with OpenOffice. When I go into Edit-Preferences-Browser-Helper Applications and locate xlsx File, it's set to Always Ask, but I want to change it to use

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-12 Thread PhillipJones
Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And SeaMonkey. I was able to play wma/wmv files through a Plugin called Flip4Mac that

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-12 Thread PhillipJones
PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And SeaMonkey. I was able to play wma/wmv files through a Plugin

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-12 Thread Rufus
PhillipJones wrote: PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And SeaMonkey. I was able to play wma/wmv

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-12 Thread PhillipJones
Rufus wrote: PhillipJones wrote: PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And SeaMonkey. I was able to

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-12 Thread Rufus
PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: PhillipJones wrote: PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-12 Thread M
Rufus wrote: PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: PhillipJones wrote: PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-11 Thread PhillipJones
Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And SeaMonkey. I was able to play wma/wmv files through a Plugin called Flip4Mac that would allow QuickTime plugin to play WMA/WMV

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-11 Thread Rufus
M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And SeaMonkey. I was able to play wma/wmv files through a Plugin called Flip4Mac that would allow

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-11 Thread M
Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: Rufus wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And SeaMonkey. I was able to play wma/wmv files through a Plugin called Flip4Mac that

how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-10 Thread PhillipJones
I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And SeaMonkey. I was able to play wma/wmv files through a Plugin called Flip4Mac that would allow QuickTime plugin to play WMA/WMV files. Now that I am using a MacBook Pro (Intel Processor) It doesn't

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-10 Thread M
PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And SeaMonkey. I was able to play wma/wmv files through a Plugin called Flip4Mac that would allow QuickTime plugin to play WMA/WMV files. Now that I am using a MacBook Pro (Intel

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-10 Thread PhillipJones
M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And SeaMonkey. I was able to play wma/wmv files through a Plugin called Flip4Mac that would allow QuickTime plugin to play WMA/WMV files. Now that I am using a MacBook Pro

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-10 Thread PhillipJones
M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And SeaMonkey. I was able to play wma/wmv files through a Plugin called Flip4Mac that would allow QuickTime plugin to play WMA/WMV files. Now that I am using a MacBook Pro

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-10 Thread M
PhillipJones wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And SeaMonkey. I was able to play wma/wmv files through a Plugin called Flip4Mac that would allow QuickTime plugin to play WMA/WMV files. Now that I am

Re: how do you add an item to helper Applications

2011-03-10 Thread Rufus
M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: M wrote: PhillipJones wrote: I use a Mac and SeaMonkey (latest version) on my machine I just stopped using used X.4.11 And SeaMonkey. I was able to play wma/wmv files through a Plugin called Flip4Mac that would allow QuickTime plugin to play WMA/WMV files. Now

Re: add-ons and [helper applications]

2010-08-27 Thread JeffM
Rick Merrill wrote: Browser has helper applications, Tools has add-ons and extensions and plugins A helper application deals with non-HTML content: video[1], Flash, PDF, zip files, etc. . . [1] The HTML5 video tag should shorten this list. ___ support

Re: Helper Applications

2010-08-17 Thread W3BNR
NoOp wrote: On 08/16/2010 12:53 PM, W3BNR wrote: W3BNR wrote: ... I cannot find an option to delete any entry in the HELPER APPLICATION file. The file is a 'This is a created file - Do not edit' type. I forgot to mention that I am running SM 2.07pre (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT

Re: Helper Applications

2010-08-17 Thread NoOp
On 08/17/2010 03:45 AM, W3BNR wrote: NoOp wrote: On 08/16/2010 12:53 PM, W3BNR wrote: W3BNR wrote: ... I cannot find an option to delete any entry in the HELPER APPLICATION file. The file is a 'This is a created file - Do not edit' type. I forgot to mention that I am running SM 2.07pre

Re: Helper Applications

2010-08-17 Thread W3BNR
the helper applications. There was in SM 1.x versions. So I guess this is a regression. -- Ed http://xrl.us/W3BNR Powered by SeaMonkey: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ There is no evil in the world without a remedy. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list

Re: Helper Applications

2010-08-17 Thread NoOp
the bug filed. There should be an easy way to edit the helper applications. There was in SM 1.x versions. So I guess this is a regression. Glad that worked agree that the inability to remove a mime type from the preferences is a regression

Re: Helper Applications

2010-08-17 Thread NoOp
RDF in the mimeTypes.rdf file. Renamed the .rdf file to .rdf.old and copied the one from the Test profile to my normal profile. My duplicate helper problem is solved, but I'm going to leave the bug filed. There should be an easy way to edit the helper applications. There was in SM 1.x

Re: Helper Applications

2010-08-16 Thread Daniel
W3BNR wrote: I have two 'helper applications' that are identical listed in PREFERENCES/BROWER/HELPER APPLICATIONS How can I delete one of them? Alternate way of doing it, Ed. If you delete it, do you lose both entries? If so, you could then just install it once. Daniel

Re: Helper Applications

2010-08-16 Thread W3BNR
Daniel wrote: W3BNR wrote: I have two 'helper applications' that are identical listed in PREFERENCES/BROWER/HELPER APPLICATIONS How can I delete one of them? Alternate way of doing it, Ed. If you delete it, do you lose both entries? If so, you could then just install it once. Daniel I

Re: Helper Applications

2010-08-16 Thread W3BNR
W3BNR wrote: Daniel wrote: W3BNR wrote: I have two 'helper applications' that are identical listed in PREFERENCES/BROWER/HELPER APPLICATIONS How can I delete one of them? Alternate way of doing it, Ed. If you delete it, do you lose both entries? If so, you could then just install it once

Re: Helper Applications

2010-08-16 Thread NoOp
On 08/16/2010 12:53 PM, W3BNR wrote: W3BNR wrote: ... I cannot find an option to delete any entry in the HELPER APPLICATION file. The file is a 'This is a created file - Do not edit' type. I forgot to mention that I am running SM 2.07pre (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US;

Helper Applications

2010-08-10 Thread W3BNR
I have two 'helper applications' that are identical listed in PREFERENCES/BROWER/HELPER APPLICATIONS How can I delete one of them? -- Ed http://xrl.us/W3BNR Powered by SeaMonkey: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold

Adding Helper Applications

2009-11-09 Thread Mr. Cheese
In previous versions 1.x.x one could add helper applications and MIME types. I don't see how to do this in SM 2. What am I missing? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support

Re: Adding Helper Applications

2009-11-09 Thread Martin Freitag
Mr. Cheese schrieb: In previous versions 1.x.x one could add helper applications and MIME types. I don't see how to do this in SM 2. What am I missing? Download a file of the type you want in SM2 and it will be added as you have to choose what to do with it at that point... regards Martin

SM 2.0 browser helper applications list editing

2009-11-01 Thread User
Previously, in SM 1.X's browser helper applications list, it was possible to add, edit and delete entries in the helper applications list. Now in SM 2.0 Windows version, there is only a list and there seems to be no way to add or delete entries in the list, it is possible to only edit existing

How to add helper applications (Was: how to add a new helper in SM2 (visio file on Windows)

2009-08-12 Thread dominique
JeffM wrote, On 8/12/2009 1:34 AM: dominique wrote: I'm stuck on my WinXP based SM2 when opening an email attachment which is a file.vsd (i.e. a Visio file). Currently, I can only save it. Actually my problem is : how do I add a *new* helper application to SM2 ? (in this case, to open Visio

Configuring helper applications

2009-05-30 Thread John
I'm using SeaMonkey v1.1.16 and I have a couple of questions about configuring helper applications. 1. Is it possible to play a .wmv file in the SeaMonkey window using Windows Media Player? 2. Why do some .pdf files open Acrobat Reader in the SeaMonkey window and others open

Re: Configuring helper applications

2009-05-30 Thread David E. Ross
On 5/30/2009 11:09 AM, John wrote: I'm using SeaMonkey v1.1.16 and I have a couple of questions about configuring helper applications. 1. Is it possible to play a .wmv file in the SeaMonkey window using Windows Media Player? 2. Why do some .pdf files open Acrobat Reader in the SeaMonkey