53466 - restart after adding a mimetype, helper app dialog doesn't appear

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect, P3)

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

not sure if this belongs to you, mscott, or someone else. or even if this is
just another side effect of bug 44176. pls reassign/dup if needed.

found this using 2000.09.20.08 opt comm bit on linux.

to repro:
1. open Preferences dialog and select Helper App category.
2. create a new type with the following info:
        Description: [enter whatever you want]
        File extension: zip
        MIME type: application/zip
        Application to use: [blank]
3. save and exit Prefs.
4. go to page which has a zip file to download, eg,
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/mozilla-win32-talkback.zip
(click this link).
observe: the helper app (aka, smart download) dialog appears.
5. i cancel the dialog at this point.
6. exit and restart the browser.
7. repeat step 4.

result: the dialog no longer appears...and downloading is occurring in the
background (well, the progress meter in the status bar is running, and stuff is
being saved to /tmp).

this occurs with another mimetype i've added, application/x-tar.

Comment 1

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

on the other hand, just realized i might be running into a symptom bug 47203 (or
bug 28584).

in any case, some additional bits of data: here's the console output i get at
step 7:

nsHelperAppLauncherDialog error: TypeError: this.chosenApp has no properties
Document
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/mozilla-win32-talkback.zip
loaded successfully

Comment 2

[Scott MacGregor]

Sairuh, is this bug still around for you? 

Comment 3

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

nope, no longer seeing this --tested using 2000.11.21.08 linux bits. feel free
to mark wfm, or fixed, if there was something in particular checked in that
might've cured this. thx!

Comment 4

[Scott MacGregor]

I did fix the JS error you were seeing a little while ago as part of something
else. Maybe that caused this to get fixed too.

Comment 5

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

cool, thx much mscott!. vrfy...