Firefox reports wrong pdf mime type

I have multiple Windows 7 pcs that are unable to upload PDFs to websites. When we try, we get a message that we can only upload pdfs. The problem is, we ARE uploading PDFs. This happens on more than 1 website.
I found that deleting mimetypes.rdf fixes the problem. However, the problem comes back and I have to delete mimetypes.rdf again.
Does anyone know how to figure out what is causing the mimetypes to keep changing? Is there a way to stop the mimetypes.rdf from being overwritten?

Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
See "Creating a profile":
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues
Profile Backup and Restore
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup
*https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

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Hello,
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errorCallback(SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations._errorHandler(this));
req.send();
__namespace: true
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
//Create Email and link it with Order as Regarding field
var Xrm;
var email = new Object();
var ownerID = "";
var CustomerId = "";
if (window.opener) { Xrm = window.opener.Xrm; }
else if (window.parent) { Xrm = window.parent.Xrm; }
//Get ownerid who send email of quotation to customer
function GetOwnerID() {
var owner = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("ownerid").getValue();
ownerID = owner[0].id;
var ownerName = owner[0].name;
var entityType = owner[0].entityType;
GetToEmailGUID();
//Get customerid who receive email of quotation from owner
function GetToEmailGUID() {
var Customer = Xrm.Page.getAttribute('customerid').getValue();
CustomerId = Customer[0].id;
var CustomerName = Customer[0].name;
var entityType = Customer[0].entityType;
//if CustomerId is type of "Account" then get Primary Contact id of that account
if (entityType == "account") {
var contact = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("customerid").getValue();
if (contact === null) return;
var serverUrl = Xrm.Page.context.getClientUrl();
var oDataSelect = serverUrl + "/XRMServices/2011/OrganizationData.svc/AccountSet(guid'" + contact[0].id + "')?$select=PrimaryContactId";
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("GET", oDataSelect, false);
req.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=utf-8");
req.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (req.readyState === 4) {
if (req.status === 200) {
var retrieved = JSON.parse(req.responseText).d;
CustomerId = retrieved.PrimaryContactId.Id;
else {
alert(this.statusText);
req.send();
function CreateEmail() {
GetOwnerID();
email.Subject = "Email with Report Attachment";
//Set The current order as the Regarding object
email.RegardingObjectId = {
Id: Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId(), //Get the current entity Id , here OrderId
LogicalName: Xrm.Page.data.entity.getEntityName()//Get the current entity name, here it will be “salesOrder”
//Create Email Activity
SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations.Create(email, "Email", EmailCallBack, function (error) { alert(error.message); });
// Email Call Back function
function EmailCallBack(result) {
email = result; // Set the email to result to use it later in email attachment for retrieving activity Id
var activityPartyFrom = new Object();
// Set the From party of the ActivityParty to relate an entity with Email From field
activityPartyFrom.PartyId = {
Id: CustomerId, //"79EBDD26-FDBE-E311-8986-D89D6765B238", // id of entity you want to associate this activity with.
LogicalName: "contact"
// Set the "activity" of the ActivityParty
activityPartyFrom.ActivityId = {
Id: result.ActivityId,
LogicalName: "email"
// Now set the participation type that describes the role of the party on the activity).
activityPartyFrom.ParticipationTypeMask = { Value: 2 }; // 2 means ToRecipients
// Create the from ActivityParty for the email
SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations.Create(activityPartyFrom, "ActivityParty", ActivityPartyFromCallBack, function (error) { alert(error.message); });
var activityPartyTo = new Object();
// Set the From party of the ActivityParty to relate an entity with Email From field
activityPartyTo.PartyId = {
Id: ownerID, //"79EBDD26-FDBE-E311-8986-D89D6765B238", // id of entity you want to associate this activity with.
LogicalName: "systemuser"
// Set the "activity" of the ActivityParty
activityPartyTo.ActivityId = {
Id: result.ActivityId,
LogicalName: "email"
// Now set the participation type that describes the role of the party on the activity).
activityPartyTo.ParticipationTypeMask = { Value: 1 }; // 1 means Sender
// Create the from ActivityParty
SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations.Create(activityPartyTo, "ActivityParty", ActivityPartyToCallBack, function (error) { alert(error.message); });
//ActivityParty From Callback
function ActivityPartyFromCallBack(result) {
//ActivityParty To Callback
function ActivityPartyToCallBack(result) {
GetReportId('Quotation');
//Create attachment for the created email
function CreateEmailAttachment() {
//get reporting session and use the params to convert a report in PDF
var params = getReportingSession();
//Email attachment parameters
var activitymimeattachment = Object();
activitymimeattachment.ObjectId = Object();
activitymimeattachment.ObjectId.LogicalName = "email";
activitymimeattachment.ObjectId.Id = email.ActivityId;
activitymimeattachment.ObjectTypeCode = "email",
activitymimeattachment.Subject = "File Attachment";
activitymimeattachment.Body = encodePdf(params);
activitymimeattachment.FileName = "Report.pdf";
activitymimeattachment.MimeType = "application/pdf";
//Attachment call
SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations.Create(activitymimeattachment, "ActivityMimeAttachment", ActivityMimeAttachmentCallBack, function (error) { alert(error.message); });
//ActivityMimeAttachment CallBack function
function ActivityMimeAttachmentCallBack(result) {
var features = "location=no,menubar=no,status=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes";
var width = "800px";
var height = "600px";
window.open(Xrm.Page.context.getServerUrl() + "main.aspx?etc=" + 4202 + "&pagetype=entityrecord&id=" + email.ActivityId, "_blank", features);
// To open window which works in outlook and IE both
//openStdWin(Xrm.Page.context.getServerUrl() + "main.aspx?etc=" + 4202 + "&pagetype=entityrecord&id=" + email.ActivityId, "_blank", width, height, features);
//This method will get the reportId based on a report name that will be used in getReportingSession() function
function GetReportId(reportName) {
var oDataSetName = "ReportSet";
var columns = "ReportId";
var filter = "Name eq '" + reportName + "'";
retrieveMultiple(oDataSetName, columns, filter, onSuccess);
function retrieveMultiple(odataSetName, select, filter, successCallback) {
var serverUrl = Xrm.Page.context.getServerUrl();
var ODATA_ENDPOINT = "/XRMServices/2011/OrganizationData.svc";
var odataUri = serverUrl + ODATA_ENDPOINT + "/" + odataSetName + "?";
if (select) {
odataUri += "$select=" + select + "&";
if (filter) {
odataUri += "$filter=" + filter;
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
datatype: "json",
url: odataUri,
beforeSend: function (XMLHttpRequest) {
XMLHttpRequest.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
success: function (data) {
if (successCallback) {
if (data && data.d && data.d.results) {
successCallback(data.d.results);
else if (data && data.d) {
successCallback(data.d);
else {
successCallback(data);
error: function (XmlHttpRequest, errorThrown) {
if (XmlHttpRequest && XmlHttpRequest.responseText) {
alert("Error while retrieval ; Error – " + XmlHttpRequest.responseText);
function onSuccess(data) {
reportId = data[0].ReportId.replace('{', ").replace('}', ");
CreateEmailAttachment(); // Create Email Attachment
//Gets the report contents
function getReportingSession() {
var pth = Xrm.Page.context.getServerUrl() + "/CRMReports/rsviewer/reportviewer.aspx";
var retrieveEntityReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
var Id = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId();
var quotationGUID = Id.replace('{', ""); //set this to selected quotation GUID
quotationGUID = quotationGUID.replace('}', "");
var reportName = "Quotation"; //set this to the report you are trying to download
var reportID = "7C39D18F-1DC6-E311-8986-D89D6765B238"; //set this to the guid of the report you are trying to download
var rptPathString = ""; //set this to the CRMF_Filtered parameter
var strParameterXML = "<fetch version='1.0' output-format='xml-platform' mapping='logical' distinct='false'><entity name='quote'><all-attributes /><filter type='and'><condition attribute='quoteid' operator='eq' uitype='quote' value='" + quotationGUID + "' /> </filter></entity></fetch>";
retrieveEntityReq.open("POST", pth, false);
retrieveEntityReq.setRequestHeader("Accept", "*/*");
retrieveEntityReq.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
rptPathString = "id=%7B" + reportID + "%7D&uniquename=" + Xrm.Page.context.getOrgUniqueName() + "&iscustomreport=true&reportnameonsrs=&reportName=" +
reportName + "&isScheduledReport=false&p:CRMAF_Filteredquote=" + strParameterXML;
//remove the part starting from &p:salesorderid if your report has no parameters
retrieveEntityReq.send(rptPathString);
var x = retrieveEntityReq.responseText.indexOf("ReportSession=");
var ret = new Array();
ret[0] = retrieveEntityReq.responseText.substr(x + 14, retrieveEntityReq.responseText.indexOf("&", x) - x - 14); //the session id
x = retrieveEntityReq.responseText.indexOf("ControlID=");
ret[1] = retrieveEntityReq.responseText.substr(x + 10, retrieveEntityReq.responseText.indexOf("&", x) - x - 10); //the control id
return ret;
var bdy = new Array();
var bdyLen = 0;
function concat2Bdy(x) {
bdy[bdyLen] = x;
bdyLen++;
function encodePdf(params) {
bdy = new Array();
bdyLen = 0;
var retrieveEntityReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
var pth = Xrm.Page.context.getServerUrl() + "/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ReportSession=" + params[0] +
"&Culture=1033&CultureOverrides=True&UICulture=1033&UICultureOverrides=True&ReportStack=1&ControlID=" + params[1] +
"&OpType=Export&FileName=Public&ContentDisposition=OnlyHtmlInline&Format=PDF";
retrieveEntityReq.open("GET", pth, false);
retrieveEntityReq.setRequestHeader("Accept", "*/*");
retrieveEntityReq.send();
BinaryToArray(retrieveEntityReq.responseBody);
return encode64(bdy);
var StringMaker = function () {
this.parts = [];
this.length = 0;
this.append = function (s) {
this.parts.push(s);
this.length += s.length;
this.prepend = function (s) {
this.parts.unshift(s);
this.length += s.length;
this.toString = function () {
return this.parts.join('');
var keyStr = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=";
function encode64(input) {
var output = new StringMaker();
var chr1, chr2, chr3;
var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
var i = 0;
while (i < input.length) {
chr1 = input[i++];
chr2 = input[i++];
chr3 = input[i++];
enc1 = chr1 >> 2;
enc2 = ((chr1 & 3) << 4) | (chr2 >> 4);
enc3 = ((chr2 & 15) << 2) | (chr3 >> 6);
enc4 = chr3 & 63;
if (isNaN(chr2)) {
enc3 = enc4 = 64;
} else if (isNaN(chr3)) {
enc4 = 64;
output.append(keyStr.charAt(enc1) + keyStr.charAt(enc2) + keyStr.charAt(enc3) + keyStr.charAt(enc4));
return output.toString();
</script>
<script type="text/vbscript">
Function BinaryToArray(Binary)
Dim i
ReDim byteArray(LenB(Binary))
For i = 1 To LenB(Binary)
byteArray(i-1) = AscB(MidB(Binary, i, 1))
concat2Bdy(AscB(MidB(Binary, i, 1)))
Next
BinaryToArray = byteArray
End Function
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" onclick="CreateEmail();" value="Attach Report" />
</body>
</html>
Thank you,
Mittal.

Problem to export a report (to PDF) after converting my reports to CR13

I have an old project with reports developped using Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2003 (.NET 1.1). I want to convert them so I can now use Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 (with .NET 3.5).
I installed Crystal Reports for VS2010 and I converted my reports to the new format. Unfortunately, one of my reports is not working anymore.
My ASP.NET application generate the report and export it as a PDF. I use CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument.Export().
Everytime I run this method, an exception is thrown...
System.Exception was unhandled by user code
Message=System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80041004):
Mémoire insuffisante pour l'opération.
   à CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.Controllers.ReportSourceClass.Export(ExportOptions pExportOptions, RequestContext pRequestContext)
   à CrystalDecisions.ReportSource.EromReportSourceBase.ExportToStream(ExportRequestContext reqContext)
   à CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.FormatEngine.ExportToStream(ExportRequestContext reqContext)
   à CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.FormatEngine.Export(ExportRequestContext reqContext)
   à CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.FormatEngine.Export()
   à CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument.Export()
   à
Source=GSPRapport
StackTrace:
I also tried to export the report (using PDF format) at design time with the "Export Report" button in Preview mode. It didn't work. But, I can export the report at design time using another format type (like XML).
The old version of te report (using .NET 1.1, CR9) work fine. As I said, other reports in that same project work perfectly.
Is someone have an idea of what's wrong!
Thanks!
Max.

The most common cause of this problem is having very large detailed images, or lots and lots of images in your report. The Crystal Report engine changed a lot from 9.1 to 13. The big change was from 9.1 to 10 though when we started using the RAS InProc engine.
The Crystal reporting engine is not efficient at handling the images and it can cause memory issues like you are seeing. As a test, try suppressing the images that show up frequently in your report and retry your export. If it works you'll have your answer and you'll need a new creative way to design your report without so many images.

Case sensitive file extensions on mime.types?

Hello,
I'm facing a weird problem at customers's site.
There is an iAS 10.1.3.3 installation on a Windows 2000 server. There is an OC4J container called "OC4J_FR" where their application is depoyed.
The trouble we're facing is the following:
on the %ORACLE_HOME%/j2ee/OC4J_FR/config/mime.types we add the following 2 entries:
image/tiff                    tif tiff
application/vnd.ms-excel     xls
So, when we put someFile.tif (or someOther.xls) under the container public directory it is possible for users to access them via the URL
http://servername:port/webContextRoot/someFile.tif
And this works OK.
If we try to rename the above file into something like myFile.TIFF (please note the extension in uppercase) Internet Explorer opens it like text, wiring this "rubbish":
II*Àg ÒgL1ÂÊ$(2ÈdÙ¨¦Í@6j)³P‘<mò°Ú¨³
etc....
While Firefox opens it correctly. I also tried to add on mime.types the following (even if on the Apache website it is told that this is useless...)
image/tiff                    TIF TIFF
But still it doesn't work.
Any hints/patches/workarounds/ideas/anything?
Thanks,
- Paolo

Can't really say what's wrong but I quickly tried it with OHS (Oracle HTTP Server) and it works fine both in Firefox 3.0 and IE 6.0 without making any change (in mime type configuration). I copied two tiff files (sample1.tiff and sample2.TIFF) in $OH/Apache/Apache/htdocs directory and then was successfully able to access both using http://host.domain:ohs_port/sample1.tiff and http://host.domain:ohs_port/sample2.TIFF.
When you say you tried with Apache website, is above what you tried too?
Thanks
Shail

Safari doesn't display an object with MIME type video/mp4

So, I've got a little hiccup here. I put together a CV in html with samples you can click to bring up. Now, I don't make any claims to professional geekdom, but I try to be fairly html savvy, and since I'm sending this to the college IT guys, I want to do it right. So I'd like this thing to use valid w3c compliant html. Not too tough, fix some missing quotes and learn how to use the object tag instead of embed. Done.
Well, here's the problem. I loaded it into Safari for testing, and a Quicktime file won't play. Now, it runs fine on Firefox. The obtuse and awkwardly lumped in IE version of the object works fine (tested in IE6, Win2K virtual machine). And the same file ran fine when I had it using an embed tag. Now it just brings up the Quicktime emblem, takes up the specified amount of space, and doesn't do anything.
What did I do wrong? I've got the latest Quicktime and Safari, and I know it's standards compliant. Do I have to feed it some more specific type for an h.264 encoded mp4?
Here's the code I used. The embed tag is the one that works, the object tag is the compliant one that doesn't. I'm guessing I'm missing a parameter or something. Any advice?
<embed scale="1" src="files/Sabres.mp4" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" autoplay="FALSE" volume="100" cache="TRUE" height="496" width="640">
<object type="video/mp4" data="files/Sabres.mp4" height="496" width="640">
<param name="controller" value="true">
<param name="autoplay" value="false">
Your browser cannot display this content. Click here to download it.
</object>

Tom and Kirk, thanks for your time. That would work, but since <embed> is a non-standard tag, I want to avoid it.
Andy, I actually stopped by that site last night, and I did use it for the object code.
My problem is that for some reason, what looks like a legitimate implementation of <object> isn't displaying in Safari. I know Firefox is a bit more forgiving of sloppy code, so I don't blame Safari for that one. I know Safari can display the file because it displayed it properly when I called it with embed. I'm just not sure what's wrong with the code that's making Safari not bring up the video. It knows it's Quicktime and loads the file, I know that, because it brings up the emblem and starts hoarding RAM when I bring it up in Safari, but it just holds there. I've tried a couple MIME types, including video/quicktime and video/mp4, both worked in Firefox, and video/h264 just as a shot in the dark, and both Safari and Firefox showed the alternate content.
By the way, here's the full code I used to display the object, using Castro's cloaking technique for IE compatibility. I omitted it earlier because when I isolated the non-IE section alone in the body of the document it behaved the same as it did with the cloaking (working in FF, broken in Safari).


<object type="video/mp4" data="files/Sabres.mp4" height="496" width="640">
<param name="controller" value="true">
<param name="autoplay" value="false">
Your browser cannot display this content. Click here to download it.
</object>

Message was edited by: The Spine

MIME type issue in version 4.1/4.2 Compatibility Mode

Problem: when displaying a PDF file, it displays OK as PDF if APEX 'Compatability Mode' = 'Pre 4.1', but displays as HTML when in either '4.1' or '4.2' mode.
Apex: 4.2.2.00.11
DB: 11gr2
Web server: Apache on Linux
More detailed description... this seems to be a MIME type issue related to APEX (or maybe DB) versioning. The following code works as expected when run in 'Pre 4.1' mode - ie. it displays an appropriate PDF document in the appropriate Acrobat/other plugin in several browsers (Firefox/Opera/Chrome/IE). But just by changing 'Compatability Mode' to '4.2' (or even '4.1'), it then downloads the file but displays it as a bunch of random characters, and the web page header MIME type is 'text/HTML'.
Note: this also happens with other file types such as xls/doc/etc, but I expect fixing PDF should also fix these.
I'm at a bit of a loss as to where this is happening, it seems there is a difference in the 'Compatibility Modes' between either the creating of the HTML header using 'OWA_UTIL.mime_header' or the component path it traverses before reaching apache.
The only other thing I could think of is that we do a bit of redirection to display the PDF, though this seems like it might be a red herring. Basically we use page 560 as a container, and then display the PDF with page 561 within a frame embeded within page 560. So, on the page 560, which is the one we reference throughout the application, we have a region with a source of '<iframe src=?p=&APP_ID.:561:&SESSION.height="500" width="700"&gt</iframe&gt</pre>'. Then on page 561, in a 'On Load - Before Header' process, we make the call to the code 'DOWNLOAD_APPLICANT_PDF' (below).
Note: I did try calling 'apex_application.stop_apex_engine' after 'DOWNLOAD_APPLICANT_PDF', as suggested in a couple threads, but it didn't fix the problem, and caused a couple low-level system errors.
Code:
<pre>
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE DOWNLOAD_APPLICANT_PDF ( p_doc_id IN   NUMBER
   AS
      v_length      NUMBER;
      lob_loc       BLOB;
      l_display_inline   CHAR := '1';
   BEGIN
      SELECT pdf_data, DBMS_LOB.getlength (pdf_data)
        INTO lob_loc, v_length
        FROM pdf_dest
       WHERE pdf_dest_id = p_doc_id;
      OWA_UTIL.mime_header ('application/pdf', FALSE);
      HTP.p ('Content-length: ' || v_length);
      HTP.p ('Content-Disposition:inline;filename="mydoc.pdf"');
      OWA_UTIL.http_header_close;
      WPG_DOCLOAD.download_file (lob_loc);
END;
</pre>

Hi,
for some background information about the above changed behavior, have a look at 4.2 Before Header Processes and Browser Security HTTP Headers of the APEX 4.1. release notes.
Regards
Patrick
Member of the APEX development team
My Blog: http://www.inside-oracle-apex.com
APEX Plug-Ins: http://apex.oracle.com/plugins
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/patrickwolf

Changed mime type associations !

I recently installed gimp, and now when I open any downloaded pdf files, they are opened in gimp.
Files previously downloaded and saved are however opened in 'evince'. I use open-box, Chromium, Rox-filer and evince, as DE, browser, file-manager and document viewer respectively.
I searched the wiki and found two entries that I thought might help, Default Applications and Custom file associations, I've tried both user specific options in these pages, here are the files I created:-
[bance@archbox ~]$ cat .local/share/applications/defaults.list
[Default Applications]
pdf=evince.desktop
[bance@archbox ~]$ cat .local/share/applications/evince.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Evince
Exec=/usr/bin/evince
MimeType=application/x-evince
Icon=evince
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=DocumentViewer
Comment=
Neither of these has worked, do the files look ok? Have I made a mistake somewhere?
OK whilst writing this post, I noticed that I have a file /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache, It contains a list of mime type associations, would editing this work?
TIA Steve

you need!! the inode/directory setting in the mimetype list. That's what chromium reads to autopen your file manager.
Make sure it matches the .desktop file appropriate for your file manager. In the case of spacefm, it is not spacefm.desktop as you might expect, it is spacefm-folder-handler.desktop.
Check your .desktop files for your fm.
If you're still having trouble, you might want to post your mimeapps.list
I noticed in post1 you were using defaults.list instead. Reading the wiki is not super clear on this, but since I downloaded the pkg 'mimeo' I used mimeapps.list instead.
I assume you read the file extension portion of the chromium part of the wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ch … sociations
Moderator: Please take care to not duplicate entries when you forgot some information. Use the "Edit" button instead. And if you did inadvertently as in this case, please notify the moderators with the "Report" button so they can take action.
Deleting the doubled entry. -- bernarcher
Last edited by bernarcher (2013-02-03 02:00:49)

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