[Macpartners] Fetch-disabling PDFs opening upon download

[Gurukarm Khalsa]

Ah ha! no wonder I couldn't find the command anymore - I am up to  
Fetch 5! And yes, I'm sure my user is not.

Thanks for the pointer again.

Cheers,
Gurukarm



On Mar 14, 2006, at 4:40 PM, Scott McGuire wrote:

> At 9:52 AM -0500 3/14/06, Gurukarm Khalsa wrote:
>> Quite awhile back someone answered this question for me, and I  
>> followed the directions at the time; however, I've forgotten the  
>> menu command to look for in Fetch, and need to help someone else:  
>> How do you keep PDFs from automatically opening when downloaded  
>> from the
>> Server?
>
> That was me.  I'm assuming the someone you're helping is still  
> using Fetch 4.0.3, because Fetch 5 does not automatically open PDFs  
> by default.
>
> To fix Fetch 4.0.3:
>
> * Choose "Post-Processing" from the "Customize" menu.  The Post- 
> processing dialog will appear.
>
> * Select the entry for Portable Document Format.
>
> * Either Disable the entry, or Remove it.  (I recommend Disable,  
> just in case you ever change your mind.)
>
> * Click on OK.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --Scott McGuire / smcguire at mit.edu