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Re: Q: How to add helpers on Netscape which require a file as input



add a %s to the filename. EX. use playaudio %s to play .au files.

Shaya

On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, jim wrote:

> Using Netscape 4.0b5.  I need to add maplay as the MPEG helper 
> app.  HOWEVER, just adding the application does nothing.  The
> online help in netscape and at the web site doesn't tell me how
> to tell helper applications where to find the temporary file.
> 
> What I suspect is happening is that netscape downloads the .mpeg file
> and stores is in its cache area under some temporary file name.
> It is then up to the user adding the helper app to supply an incantation
> with a %X macro character which is then expanded by netscape to
> produce a valid shell command.  I tried %f (filename) but it didn't
> work.  
> 
> Does anyone know how to do this stew??
> 
> Also, is anyone working on using menus to do a bulk add of helper 
> apps to netscape??
> 
> 
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