Re: application/x-xpinstall

HJ <[email protected]> Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:43:21 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.xpinstall
Organization Another Netscape Collabra Server User
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Ravichandra Moka wrote:
> Hell,
>        I have installed mozilla 1.7 and I am trying to install
> calendar*.xpi from mozilla.org. When I click on "Install" it pops a
> window which says
> 
> "The file calendar*.xpi is of type application/x-xpinstall (XPInstall,
> Install ), Mozilla doesnt know of how to handle this file type" . What
> to do with this file? Save/Open with any app??
> 
> Basically, I dont want to save it on to my HD and open/install it
> using my browser itself, instead...I wanted to install it
> automatically once I click on "Install" link. I had an entries in
> xpinstall.whitelist.add in about:config. Please let me know of how to
> install .xpi file using mozilla browser *automatically*. Thank you in
> advance


Take a look at: Menu/Edit/Preferences/Navigator/Helper Applications
because that should help ;)

/HJ