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changeset 2120:09ad4c25fca1
Adding a new reactor...
...for supporting Internet Explorer's kludge in not allowing .eml to
be opened (and giving you no clues as to why it's not opening it,
either. :P). Read detectors/filereactor.py for more information.
| author | Eddie Parker <eparker@users.sourceforge.net> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:53:48 +0000 |
| parents | cc4667ef3f12 |
| children | fd5459469069 |
| files | detectors/filereactor.py doc/upgrading.txt |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/detectors/filereactor.py Thu Mar 25 21:53:48 2004 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ + +def eml_to_mht(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues): + ''' + This reactor fires whenever a new file entity is created. + --------------------------------------------------------- + + If the file is of type message/rfc822, we tack onthe extension .eml. + + The reason for this is that Microsoft Internet Explorer will not open + things with a .eml attachment, as they deem it 'unsafe'. Worse yet, + they'll just give you an incomprehensible error message. For more + information, please see: + + http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;825803 + + Their suggested work around is (excerpt): + + "WORKAROUND + To work around this behavior, rename the .EML file that the URL links to so that it has a .MHT file name extension, and then update the URL to reflect the change to the file name. To do this: + + 1. In Windows Explorer, locate and then select the .EML file that the URL links. + 2. Right-click the .EML file, and then click Rename. + 3. Change the file name so that the .EML file uses a .MHT file name extension, and then press ENTER. + 4. Updated the URL that links to the file to reflect the new file name extension." + + So... we do that. :) ''' + + name = cl.get(nodeid, 'name') + type = cl.get(nodeid, 'type') + + if type.lower() == "message/rfc822": + name += '.mht' + cl.set(nodeid, name=name) + + + +def init(db): + db.file.react('create', eml_to_mht) +
--- a/doc/upgrading.txt Thu Mar 25 19:27:15 2004 +0000 +++ b/doc/upgrading.txt Thu Mar 25 21:53:48 2004 +0000 @@ -13,6 +13,20 @@ Migrating from 0.7 to 0.8 ========================= + +0.8.0 Added filereactor detector +-------------------------------- + +This reactor is not installed by default, but rather can be found in the source +directory, under the detectors/ directory. + +In it, it contains a workaround for an Internet Explorer limitation, regarding +.eml and .mht files. It is tested to work with both Internet Explorer 6 and +Mozilla's Firefox. + +Read the description inside of the reactor itself, for more information. + + 0.8.0 Added Dispatcher role ---------------------------
