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Blank Popup Windows using FPL Script display

Opera and PDF Documents


 

Blank Popup Windows using FPL Script display

 

Using the FPL script display command to open documents that require an external application to open them, e.g. Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel documents can leave a blank popup window. Enabling JavaScript through Accessibility attempts to display the document in a new window. Netscape, Mozilla Firefox and Opera require a separate plug-in to display the document. If the plug-in is not configured to display the document using Netscape, Mozilla Firefox or Opera, the browser prompts to open file in an external application or to save the file to disk.

 

Popup windows must be enabled/allowed through Netscape or Mozilla Firefox when JavaScript is enabled. If popup windows are disabled, the browser will not prompt to open the file.

 

To learn more about configuring Netscape and Mozilla Firefox plug-ins and install them to view external documents, see Netscape Plug-ins

To learn more about configuring Opera plug-ins and install them to view external documents, see Opera Plug-ins
 

Opera and PDF Documents

 

Using Opera to open PDF files sometimes results in corrupted data displayed within the browser window.

 

Opera can be configured to save the PDF Document to the users’ hard disk or using an Adobe Acrobat plug-in.

 

To configure Opera:

 

  1. Open Preferences from the tools menu : (Tools -> Preferences)
  2. Select File Types
  3. Edit the application header : pdf
  4. Select “Save to disk”, select OK
  5. Select OK or Apply
  6. Close and restart Opera

 

To learn how to configure Opera to read PDF files, see: Configuring Opera for use with Adobe Acrobat