Actually, I'm not a newbie, but that is the nicest greeting a "newbie" has gotten on this list that I know of. Thanks. To see how IE looks at MIME types, look here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/networking/moniker/overview/appendix_a.as p

From the looks of it:

IE first looks at the Content-Type: application/x-pdf (or whatever you are using) header from the server. If that is an unknown type and unambiguous, it returns the data as whatever the server calls it. If the type is known AND ambiguous (text/plain or application/octet-stream), IE parses the data and guesses. If it comes to no conclusion, then it looks at the extension. Try a <dtml-call expr="RESPONSE.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-pdf')"> or whatever is appropriate for your application. AFAIK NS looks only at the Content-Type: header, but I consider myself ignorant in that area. Troy -----Original Message----- From: Hung Jung Lu [mailto:hungjunglu@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:38 AM To: troy.farrell@wilcom.com Subject: RE: [Zope] Adding content type to internet explorer Thanks. But I have done that before I posted the message. The thing is, changing Windows file type ("Classes") is not enough, because the IE would prompt you a question on whether you want to save the file or open it in place. I am asking the question because there are products out there that use the file-MIME-type trick to launch applications. That is, you click on a mundane HTML link and you launch a local application, without IE asking you any question. Obviously something inside the IE (or registry) has been tweaked. Anyway, a bit too technical. On the other issue of posting topics only related to Zope, I can tell you are a newbie. Welcome to Zope. regards, Hung Jung

In W95/NT: Open a File Explorer window (not IE) and select Options from the View menu. The popup will have a tab labeled File Types. This is how you change windows MIME types. In W98/2k: I don't remember and I don't have it with me. It is a similar option under IE (since there is no normal explorer.

The settings are stored in the registry, but this is the easiest way to edit them. Please try to keep the list topics to zope.

Thanks. Troy

-----Original Message----- From: Hung Jung Lu [mailto:hungjunglu@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 5:18 PM To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] Adding content type to internet explorer

Hi,

Can someone tell me how to add content types (and the associated program) to

internet explorer on Windows platform? Is it in the registry?

thanks,

Hung Jung

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