#!/bin/sh # This file should be called $HOME/bin/mswordviewsh # It is meant to be called from within Netscape Mail (when clicking on an # attachment that's a Microsoft Word version 8 document). # If you have the mswordview program installed locally, then either modify # or remove the PATH= statement. If you're using the /freeware version, then # the statement is required as the mswordview program calls another freeware # utility. # In order for netscape to be be aware of the script, you need to edit your # netscape preferences: expand navigator and select Applications and go down # to 'Microsoft Word Document' press the edit button and then press the # Application: radio button and fill in the field with: # $HOME/bin/mswordviewsh %s # In order to be able to "click" on the word 8 attachment, you will need to # select within netscape mail from the "View" pull-down Attachments -> As Links # vs. Inline #this came from saggerer@zk3.dec.com export PATH PATH=$PATH:/freeware/bin umask 077 DOC=$1 mswordview $DOC > $DOC.html netscape -remote "openURL(file:$DOC.html)" sleep 5 rm $DOC.html