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...

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

setting component and QA contact.

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

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?

av@netscape.com - you mean the plug-in component perhaps?

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

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.

marking Verified.

Reopening for release note, changing summary.

Shrirang, what is the story?

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.

verified (2000072811m17)