MS Internet explorer instead of Gecko

[person7]

Hello,
I have a windows application called Anita (terminal emulation sofware from www.april.se) that runs just fine on Linux with WINE.
The problem is that Anita needs to open an HTML page and display a PDF file.
It works on Windows - terminal emulation software displays the PDF file without any problems but it doesn't work on linux. It displays a blank page.
My guess is because on Windows Anita is using MS Internet explorer to display the PDF,
while under linux the same call "iexplore test.html" will invoike Gecko.

Can I install MS internet explorer AND replace Gecko with MS internet explorer, so when I type "wine iexplore" MS internet explorer is launched, not Gecko?

Thank you for your help in advance!!!

[vitamin]

while under linux the same call "iexplore test.html" will invoike Gecko.

That's correct that is what Wine uses for HTML rendering.

Can I install MS internet explorer AND replace Gecko with MS internet explorer, so when I type "wine iexplore" MS internet explorer is launched, not Gecko?

Even native IE can not display PDFs no matter how hard you try. You'll need something else, like AcrobatReader.

[James McKenzie]

person7 wrote:

Hello,
I have a windows application called Anita (terminal emulation sofware from www.april.se) that runs just fine on Linux with WINE.
The problem is that Anita needs to open an HTML page and display a PDF file.

Internet Explorer does not and never will display PDFs. It is an Adobe
plugin that performs this function. I don't know if this capability is
built into the HTML rendering engine for Wine.

It works on Windows - terminal emulation software displays the PDF file without any problems but it doesn't work on linux. It displays a blank page.

And this will continue to happen until you install the Linux version of
Adobe Acrobat plugin for Firefox. You don't need Wine to do what you
are attempting to do. Firefox does this very well.

Installing Internet Explorer under Linux is a tedious task made easier
by the ies4linux project. Google them and follow the instructions.

BTW, if she is using a Mac, the last version of supported IE is 5.2.
Firefox, again, is your friend and runs on both Intel and PowerPC Macs.

James McKenzie

[person7]

Hello Vitamine,
Thank you for your reply!

Yes, I was not precise in my previous post.
I had to mention that the PDF is displayed by AdobeAcrobat, which is called by a Java Script code from inside the HTML page.
The HTML page is handled by MS Internet Explorer.

I do not know how exactly Anita does this, but when anita is invoked with the following parameter:
"\\computername\folder\test.html?file='/myfolder/myfile.pdf'"
it will display the PDF file.

Thank you for your help!

[person7]

Hello James,
Thank you for your comments!

I'd like to mention that the software I'm using has Windows version only.
There is no Anita for linux. That's why I have to use WINE to run Anita on Linux.
When anita needs to display the HTML page I assume It will call the default browser. Since Anita is a windows application running under WINE, I think it will not be able to call linux version of Firefox.
It will call the default browser for WINE.
This is how I understand the process.

Thank you very much for your help!
P.S.:
On my FC6 box, there is Firefox installed. AdobeAcrobat plugin for Firefox is also installed. I can view PDF files inside Firefox.