18656 - pdf files don't launch unless dll is manually added to plugins folder

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect, P3)

Description

[kirsten_fundanish]

Although netscape 4.6 finds and launches the inso quick view plus and adobe
acrobat reader plugins, i cannot get the new m10 build id:1999100618 browser to
recognize the file types that either one should be launched for.  It comes up
with unknown file type box (for example saying that application/msword is
unrecognized)when viewed thru a html page that sets the mime type, or just views
it as junk if i view it right off the hard drive.  Although i am only interested
in running the quick view plus plugin, the adobe reader plugin is a standard for
comparison...

Comment 1

[kirsten_fundanish]

Attachment: html file with a link to a power point document that should launch the quick view plus plugin (try www.jasc.com for finding a trial ware version of the plugin)

Comment 2

[kirsten_fundanish]

To find the quick view plus plugin you can go to www.jasc.com and download quick
view plus version 5.

Comment 3

[leger]

setting component and QA contact.

Comment 4

[Eli Goldberg]

Shrirang is now QA owner for Plug-ins; QA assigning all of my Plug-ins bugs over
to him.

Comment 5

[av (gone)]

I think association between file extension and mime type is not in yet. 
I have trouble finding a right component for that, so hope Browser-General 
person would know better. As far as I remember there used to be something like 
MIME component before?

Comment 6

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

[e-mail] - you mean the plug-in component perhaps?

Comment 7

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

Moving to plug-ins, and assigning to the owner of the selected component.
Possible Beta1?

Comment 8

[shrirang khanzode]

The adobe acrobat plugin works fine with today's commercial beta1 build on 
windows(2000032206). I can launch and read a '.pdf' file perfectly fine and with 
no crash or "Unknown File Type" Dialog. 
 Firstly, manual addition of the adobe plugin dll file needs to be done for 
adobe plugin to work in mozilla on windows. As the 'MIME settings' are not 
enabled in mozilla as of now, acrobat files will not launch in the ACROBAT 
READER as a seperate application(since Helper Applications are not working) and 
that's why you are seeing the 'Unknown File Type" dialog. But if the 
"nppdf32.dll" file is copied in the Plugins folder under either mozilla 
installation or any existing 4.x installation, then the browser will launch 
Acrobat Reader as a plugin and show the .pdf file since plugin detection logic 
on windows is fixed. 
 Also, it would be worthwhile to mention that the beta1 document from marketing 
requires only Shockwave Flash and Realaudio plugins to work on windows.
Also see bug 18679 regarding crash on Acrobat plugin.

Am marking this one WORKSFORME.

Comment 9

[leger]

marking Verified.

Comment 10

[shrirang khanzode]

Reopening for release note, changing summary. 

Comment 11

[av (gone)]

Shrirang, what is the story?

Comment 12

[shrirang khanzode]

Installed Acrobat Reader 4.0.5 and don't see this problem anymore as the plugin 
dll gets added automatically to the netscape plugins folder. Marking this one 
worksforme.

Comment 13

[shrirang khanzode]

verified (2000072811m17)