Netscape Crashes When Displaying PDF Documents

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.2
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Netscape: Version bis 4.76

Symptom

Netscape aborts when loading PDF documents.

Cause

The correspondent Netscape plugin seems to be unstable.

Solution

Open the following dialog in Netscape:

Search for the entry "Portable Document Format" in the left column in the displayed list. Edit this entry by selecting the entry "Application:" and entering the following in the respective field

acroread %s

Now, when loading a PDF file with Netscape, Acrobat Reader is started or the PDF document is opened in a Reader already in execution.

Note: This solution implies that Acrobat Reader is already installed on your system (package "acroread", series "pay").


Keywords: NETSCAPE, PDF, PLUGIN, BROWSER, PORTABLE, DOCUMENT, FORMAT

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