[FX.php List] [OFF] Trouble with clients trying to download DOCX files from web server

Gjermund Gusland Thorsen ggt667 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 30 18:39:34 MST 2007


I believe there is no such setting anymore and that the assigned
application for the specific file extension is determined by Finder's
settings.

ggt

2007/12/31, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com>:
> My client just emailed me from Japan, said it's working now. I added
> docx to the mime types list in OS X Server, and apparently it works
> now when he clicks a link on a page.
>
> Thanks for all who gave input.
>
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> On Dec 30, 2007, at 7:21 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>
> > The plug-in might give you the option you want to make in FireFox,
> > I will look at Safari.
> >
> > ggt
> >
> > 2007/12/31, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com>:
> >> GGT,
> >>
> >> If that's so, then WHERE? I don't find any such settings in Safari. I
> >> saw something in Firefox that looked like it did what you're
> >> describing, but not in Safari.
> >>
> >> I think Alex is spot on; I think my client needs the plugin for the
> >> downloads to work properly in Tiger.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Dec 30, 2007, at 7:11 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
> >>
> >>> The active browser for each computer has to set which application is
> >>> to open the document of specified file extension or MIME-type,
> >>> with a
> >>> known installed application this is never a problem.
> >>>
> >>> ggt
> >>
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