[PLUG] Plugger and spaces (%20) in URL attached documents

[Matt Alexander]

Well, the file only exists while the error dialog box is up.  Once I click
OK, then the file vanishes.  But when the error box is up, the file in
/tmp/plugtmp has the %20's in it.  Odd...
Well, now that the Ximian Connector supports public folders, maybe I'll
switch my users back to Evolution.
~M


On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Richard Langis wrote:

> Actually...  I've had this problem myself with SO6 under Solaris.  I
> think it is a problem with Mozilla sending out the wrong filename.
>
> Shouldn't /tmp/plugtmp have the file:
>
> PHONE\ DIRECTORY-\ March.xls?  Since the %20's are a (what, URI?)
> web-based 'shortcut', and the filesystem isn't web-based.  ;)
>
> -R
>
> Carla Schroder wrote:
> > On Tuesday 26 November 2002 09:35, Matt Alexander wrote:
> >
> >>I'm using Mozilla 1.1, Plugger, and the Outlook Web Access for my Linux
> >>users to connect to an Exchange server.  I've modified /etc/pluggerrc to
> >>use OpenOffice for opening MS Excel documents.  File attachments show up
> >>as links.  If the attachment has spaces in the name, then I get errors
> >>when clicking the link.
> >>
> >>The OpenOffice splash screen pops up and then a dialog box says:
> >>
> >>Error loading document file:///tmp/plugtmp/PHONE%20DIRECTORY-%20March.xls:
> >>/tmp/plugtmp/PHONE DIRECTORY- March.xls does not exist.
> >>
> >>/tmp/plugtmp has this file:
> >>
> >>PHONE%20DIRECTORY-%20March.xls
> >>
> >>Does anyone have any suggestions on how to handle spaces in URL
> >>attachments with Plugger and/or OpenOffice?
> >
> >
> > Open Office handles filenames and URLs with spaces with no problem. It doesn't
> > sound like an Open Office issue. Does it work with filenames with no spaces?
> >
>
> --
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>
>    ~ Richard Langis Jr. ~
>    richard.langis at sun.com
>
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