[support] Bizarre behavior with uploaded PDF files

[donald at fane.com]

Are you using the private file system? I've seen problems with the  
header options with some browsers, they viewed the files as security  
problems.

I ended up having to write my own get function and include the extra  
header options.

-Don-

Quoting Bob Smither <Smither at C-C-I.com>:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a D5 site with a page of uploaded PDF files.  The files are
> listed Drupal style on the page (http://lrcf.org/Spotlight).  Up until
> recently when I double clicked a page the pdf would open in acroread as
> expected.
>
> Recently double clicking a linked pdf results in one of three results:
>
> 1.  Displays as expected (example - the January 2010 issue)
>
> 2.  Firefox window opens offering to save the pdf file (it is not opened
> as expected) (example - December 2009 issue).
>
> 3.  Firefox window opens stating Download Error:
> "/tmp/Spotlight-2009-11-3.pdf could not be opened, because the
> associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in
> your preferences." (example - November 2009 issue).
>
> I am viewing all this on Firefox from an updated CentOS 5 Linux box.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what is going on here?  All of the files
> appear to be normal pdf files and open as expected when they are local
> files.
>
> Thanks!
>
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