GalaxSee

Launching GalaxSee with Netscape

You can set up your copy of Netscape to automatically download a saved galaxy, launch the GalaxSee program, and load the saved galaxy into the program when a galaxy is opened within Netscape. This will allow a user to simply click on a saved galaxy at any site on the World Wide Web to instantly download and run it. Of course, you must have a copy of the GalaxSee program on your computer to do this.

Note: If you are viewing this document from within Netscape, you will not be able to scroll your view of this document while Netscape's General Preferences window is open. Please either review or print out these instructions before opening the General Preferences window.


Follow these steps to configure your copy of Netscape:

1) Open your copy of Netscape.

2) From the Options menu, select General Preferences.

[An image of the options menu]

3) In the General Preferences window, select the Helpers menu by clicking on the Helpers tab.

[An image of the helpers menu]

4) Select the [New] button. This will cause the "New MIME type" dialog box to appear.

5) In the "Mime type" blank, type: application. Press tab to move to the "Mime subtype" blank and type: galaxy.

The box should look like this:

[An image of the Mime type box]

7) Click the OK button or press the Return key.

8) In the Exensions blank in the Helper menu, type: gal Do not press the return key.

9) Now click the [Browse] button. Select the GalaxSee program in the selection box and click the Open button. The name "GalaxSee" should appear in the Applications column.

10) Set the file type to "TEXT" and select the "Launch Application" radio button. The lower portion of the Helpers menu should look like this:

[An image of the bottom of the Helpers menu]

11) Click the OK button or press the Return key.

You're finished. Now, either clicking on a link to a saved galaxy or opening a galaxy from within Netscape will launch the GalaxSee program and load the galaxy so it can be run. Nifty, eh?


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