FC5 mozilla/firefox can't openb .pdf files

[Paul Erickson]

Hi Stuart,

Thanks for the reply.

When I click on a link to a .pdf file I get a "Unable to open document 
Unhandled MIME type: 'application/octet-stream'"

I am very new to mozilla/firefox so we may be talking very elementary 
issues here.

cheers, Paul

Stuart Sears wrote:

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>>Has there been a solution to this problem? My searches haven't turned up
>>a solution so far.
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>have you installed the relevant plugin? I *think* that you need the
>proprietary Adobe Reader to open these within a firefox session. I may
>be wrong about this. I usually let it open a separte window.
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>have you configured the action to take in the firefox prefs?
>normally for me when I click on a PDF I get asked what I wish to do with
>it... what happens for you?
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>Regards
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>Stuart
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