On 7/26/2012 7:23 PM, David E. Ross wrote: > On 7/26/12 3:32 PM, BIll Spikowski wrote: >> Jim Taylor wrote: >>> BIll Spikowski wrote: >>>> Jim Taylor wrote: >>>>> Jay O'Brien wrote: >>>>>> I have two computers on my desktop, both running SM. One, a Windows >>>>>> 7 64-bit machine, when I double-click on an attached pdf file >>>>>> displays the pdf in Adobe reader. The other computer, XP 32-bit, >>>>>> displays the files as an application/pdf Object in the SM browser, >>>>>> not in Adobe reader. >>>>>> >>>>>> What sets this action? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Jay O'Brien >>>>>> >>>>> That action is set in Adobe Reader. You don't say what version you >>>>> have so it might not be in the same place in all versions. In my >>>>> Reader X (version 10) it is Edit-Preferences-Internet and check or >>>>> uncheck "Display PDF in browser" in right pane under Web Browser >>>>> Options. >>>> >>>> >>>> I've recently begun having the same problem, all on Windows XP >>>> machines. On my home computers, PDFs open in the SM browser (my >>>> preference), but at work, after a recent SM upgrade, they began >>>> opening in my full version of Adobe Acrobat. All the machines use the >>>> same operating system and the identical version of SM >>>> >>>> Acrobat has the same preference settings as Reader; my problem is not >>>> there, as my preference is already set to "display PDF in browser." >>>> >>>> It also has nothing to do with email settings for attached files; my >>>> problem is PDFs opened from web links. >>>> >>>> I've followed other advice offered in this NG but I've never figured >>>> out where the glitch is, or how to restore the behavior I prefer... >>>> >>>> >>> The only think else I know to check is SeaMonkey's Helper Applications >>> settings. Edit-Preferences-Browser-Helper Applications scroll right >>> panel down to Adobe Acrobat Document and make sure it is set to your >>> preference of either "Use Adobe Reader" or "Use Adobe Acrobat (in >>> SeaMonkey)". If that is OK I don't know where else to look. >> >> >> I tried this, selecting "Use Adobe Acrobat (in SM)" -- but then it >> opened PDFs with Adobe Reader in SM, not what I wanted. >> >> So I uninstalled Adobe Reader; then it began opening PDFs in Adobe >> Acrobat in the browser, which puts me back where I started and where I >> want to be -- thank you for the suggestion! >> > > Oh! I had forgotten all about this. The answer is that, if you have > both Adobe Reader and Acrobat (the writer) installed, a PDF link in a > Web page opens in whichever of these two was the last to be installed. > Thanks everyone for the responses to my original post on this subject. I was not aware of the Edit, Preferences, Browser, Helper Applications page; my XP computer, in helper applications, was set to "Use Adobe Acrobat (in SeaMonkey)" and that is what it did. I changed it to "Use Adobe Reader (default)" and it changed, instantly. Bravo! This is what I wanted, thanks for the suggestion. I'm a happy camper on this issue.
In resolving my issue, I found a problem with the Win7 64-bit computer. The W7 computer, in helper applications, was set to "Always Ask" but it didn't ask, it always uses Adobe Reader. I tried "Use Adobe Acrobat (in SeaMonkey)", no luck. Shutting SeaMonkey down didn't help. This isn't a problem for me, as I prefer to use Adobe Reader. The issue still exists, however, with the W7 computer; why won't it change to "Use Adobe Acrobat (in SeaMonkey)"? Is it perhaps because it is 64-bit? I suggest that the development team needs to resolve this, but not for me, because I am happy with using Adobe Reader on both computers. Certainly an interesting issue. Jay O'Brien _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
