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by **Bill Simpso** » Sat, 12 May 2001 16:53:32

I am running Netscape 4.7 under Linux. I am having problems getting Netscape
to automatically open .pdf files when browsing.

I go to preferences/navigator/applications/
choose: Portable Document Format
insert the helper application: acroread
On my system acroread will start up acroreader.

When I have done this, and am browsing a pdf file with netscape, it will start
up acroreader BUT the acroreader window is empty. It doesn't automatically
open the file I am browsing.

Can anyone tell me how to get it set up properly? I am finding more and
more that people are putting .pdf links up instead of html and it is too
painful to have to download each .pdf and then start up acroread manually.

Thanks very much for any help!

Bill
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by **ThanhVu Nguye** » Sun, 13 May 2001 03:28:25

I have the Acrobat Plugin file nppdf.sl in the plugins folder of
netscape - it works fine.

> I am running Netscape 4.7 under Linux. I am having problems getting
> Netscape to automatically open .pdf files when browsing.

> I go to preferences/navigator/applications/ choose: Portable Document
> Format
> insert the helper application: acroread On my system acroread will start
> up acroreader.

> When I have done this, and am browsing a pdf file with netscape, it will
> start up acroreader BUT the acroreader window is empty. It doesn't
> automatically open the file I am browsing.

> Can anyone tell me how to get it set up properly? I am finding more and
> more that people are putting .pdf links up instead of html and it is too
> painful to have to download each .pdf and then start up acroread
> manually.

> Thanks very much for any help!

> Bill
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> WebNewsReader of http://www.interbulletin.com

by **Sean** » Sun, 13 May 2001 05:24:26

try setting the helper application to:

acroread %s

Sean

> I am running Netscape 4.7 under Linux. I am having problems getting Netscape
> to automatically open .pdf files when browsing.

> I go to preferences/navigator/applications/
> choose: Portable Document Format
> insert the helper application: acroread
> On my system acroread will start up acroreader.

> When I have done this, and am browsing a pdf file with netscape, it will start
> up acroreader BUT the acroreader window is empty. It doesn't automatically
> open the file I am browsing.

> Can anyone tell me how to get it set up properly? I am finding more and
> more that people are putting .pdf links up instead of html and it is too
> painful to have to download each .pdf and then start up acroread manually.

> Thanks very much for any help!

> Bill
> _______________________________________________
> Submitted via WebNewsReader of http://www.interbulletin.com

by **David Efflan** » Sun, 13 May 2001 10:17:26

> I have the Acrobat Plugin file nppdf.sl in the plugins folder of
> netscape - it works fine.

Or if you do not have the plugin or if netscape is a symlink that does not
work with the wrapper script often included with acroread, set netscape to
use the following as Application for application/pdf (with actual path to
your acroread if not in your PATH). The secret is the %s at the end:

/usr/local/Acrobat4/bin/acroread %s

>> I am running Netscape 4.7 under Linux. I am having problems getting
>> Netscape to automatically open .pdf files when browsing.

>> I go to preferences/navigator/applications/ choose: Portable Document
>> Format
>> insert the helper application: acroread On my system acroread will start
>> up acroreader.

>> When I have done this, and am browsing a pdf file with netscape, it will
>> start up acroreader BUT the acroreader window is empty. It doesn't
>> automatically open the file I am browsing.

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