179741 - file:// are displayed funky in Software Installation dialog

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: XPInstall Engine, defect)

Description

[Henrik Gemal]

I have the following in a local HTML file:
<a href="file://c:\temp\linky.xpi">local linky.xpi</a>

when I click the "local linky xpi" link I get a dialog saying:
want to install "c:%3A%5Ctemp%5Clinky.xpi"

I'd expect it to say: "file://c:\temp\linky.xpi"

20021112

Comment 1

[Henrik Gemal]

Attachment: Screenshot of dialog

Comment 2

[Jimmy Lee]

Build: 2002-11-24-08-trunk(WIN)

The form I use is:

<a href="file:///C:/temp/linky.xpi">linky.xpi</a>

And this works for me.  Are we suppose to support the form Henrik describes?

Comment 3

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

The original format is an invalid URL which necko supports for convenience, I'm
not going to put in extra windows only code to make it look pretty. Workarounds
include using a standard file URL or the InstallTrigger.install() trigger which
allows you to specify exactly what pretty-name to use in the dialog.

Sorry.

Comment 4

[Henrik Gemal]

ok...