Frequently Asked Questions

With which versions of Netscape Navigator™ is Micrografx QuickSilver™ compatible?

Micrografx QuickSilver 1.0 only works with the 32-bit Windows version of Netscape Navigator 2.x. Micrografx QuickSilver 2.0 and 3.0 only work with the 32-bit Windows version of Netscape Navigator 3.0 at this time. Earlier versions of Navigator did not support plug-ins. Beta 1 of Netscape Navigator Gold appears to have bugs that prevent plug-ins from working properly.

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What version of Micrografx Designer™ will allow me to create "interactive" objects?

You can use Designer versions 4.0 and later to define the properties of objects which lets them be interactive with the Micrografx QuickSilver plug-in.

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Why can't I view more than one copy of a file at the same time?

This is a limitation in Netscape. This should be fixed in the next 32-bit version.

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Why do I get an error in Designer saying I cannot save my file when using Micrografx QuickSilver?

When Micrografx QuickSilver views an object, the local copy is considered to be open. The error you are receiving is the same error you would get if two users were accessing the same file on a network. To save the file, make sure it is not active by either closing the browser or viewing another page.

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What are MIME types? Why does Micrografx QuickSilver not work when I put the files on my HTTP server?

A MIME type is an ASCII string which describes what format a document is in. For instance, the MIME type of an HTML document is "text/html," and the MIME type of a GIF file is "image/gif." DOS and Windows users are used to file extensions for this purpose, but the Internet does not work that way.

Netscape makes its decision to launch a plug-in based on the MIME type of an embedded document. When you are running off your local drive using FILE URLs, the MIME type is unknown, so Netscape just uses the file extension. However, when you are running off the Web using HTTP URLs, the HTTP server reports a MIME type fo every Web document it delivers

Unless servers are set up otherwise, they often report MIME type "text/plain" for files they do not recognize. If that happens, Netscape does not know to launch the Micrografx QuickSilver plug-in. In fact, Netscape will attempt to display the QuickSilver file as a "plain text" document in its main window, and you will see garbage characters.

Therefore, servers offering DSF files must be configured to report the correct MIME type for files with these extensions. This MIME type is:

DSF ("image/x-mgx-dsf")

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