PDF attachments only give save/cancel as option, not open
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PDF attachments only give save/cancel as option, not open
I upgraded to Thunderbird 2.0b1 and now my PDF files can only be saved to disk when I open the attachment, I can't select the pdf file to open with the default viewer. Is this some kind of "security" feature, is there a way to turn it off?
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place this in your userchrome.css or use the Stylish extension to create the style.
first time it puts .pdf files (and other known types) into the Options->Attachments Download Actions filetypes list to handle the desired action by default. but the dialog is klunky and broken (doesn't work for .doc files eg., even though ms word is opened, it doesn't save that filetype).
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first time it puts .pdf files (and other known types) into the Options->Attachments Download Actions filetypes list to handle the desired action by default. but the dialog is klunky and broken (doesn't work for .doc files eg., even though ms word is opened, it doesn't save that filetype).
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Re: PDF attachments only give save/cancel as option, not ope
fxer wrote:I upgraded to Thunderbird 2.0b1 and now my PDF files can only be saved to disk when I open the attachment, I can't select the pdf file to open with the default viewer. Is this some kind of "security" feature, is there a way to turn it off?
That problem seems to have been fixed by:
[*]# 347230 [Firefox] - Minimal "Save"-only dialog shown for files with discoverable types (known file extensions) [All]
But I don't think it has been checked into branch builds yet.
JoeS Testing current Thunderbird trunk builds WinXP SP2+
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This should be a feature, not a bug, it's the same in FF2. This means that TB doesn't identify the pdf correctly, and so it blocks it as an unknown file like an .exe-file. I have found out, that this often happens with pdf-files, I don't know why. There seems to be only one workaround:
http://www.geeknewz.com/board/index.php ... =11&y=2006
http://www.geeknewz.com/board/index.php ... =11&y=2006