On Nov 30, 2011 5:51 PM, "cjdl01" <cjd...@brokensolstice.com> wrote: > > > Quoting Simon Brereton <simon.brere...@buongiorno.com>: > >> On 30 November 2011 17:28, Michael M Slusarz <slus...@horde.org> wrote: >>> >>> Quoting cjdl01 <cjd...@brokensolstice.com>: >>> >>>> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slus...@horde.org>: >>>> >>>>> Quoting cjdl01 <cjd...@brokensolstice.com>: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm using Imp 5.0.15 with Horde 4.0.12. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am a linux guy, so I do 99% of my work on linux boxes. As part of my >>>>>> work, I send a lot of invoices out to customers in pdf format. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am using Mozilla firefox 7.0.1, and Adobe Reader 9.4.2 with the >>>>>> firefox plugin on a gentoo box current as of yesterday. It works fine >>>>>> normally, but for some reason, when attaching a PDF to an email and clicking >>>>>> on the link (name of the attachment) to verify the document, it always opens >>>>>> up a blank, white window. There is a very long, ugly URL in the address bar >>>>>> of that window (probably going to a hashed temp file), but nothing renders. >>>>>> >>>>>> Clicking the attachment name link does not even offer me to download or >>>>>> open in another program, it just opens that blank window. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is going to slow my workflow down something fierce. Is there >>>>>> anything I can do to fix this? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I can verify that this works fine for me. There was a bug related to >>>>> this, but it was fixed for 5.0.15. >>>>> >>>>> commit e08081438cb1a09638897cabd1e46fb3e1120e59 >>>>> Author: Michael M Slusarz <slus...@horde.org> >>>>> Date: Mon Oct 31 22:43:50 2011 -0600 >>>>> >>>>> Fix intermittent attachment loss when composing messages. >>>>> >>>>> Fixed by implementing Serializable for IMP_Compose. >>>>> >>>>> In the server access when attaching a file, the Horde_Mime_Part >>>>> contains >>>>> the data of the attachment, stored in a stream. When saving the >>>>> IMP_Compose object to the session, this part was being serialized with >>>>> the entire contents of the data into the part. Not good for session >>>>> sizes, and this data was periodically being lost. We already have the >>>>> attachment data stored (either in VFS or filesystem), so we don't need >>>>> this data to be stored in the MIME Part - scrub it before serializing. >>>>> >>>>> For the record, the way to reproduce: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Use dynamic view >>>>> 2. Open compose screen >>>>> 3. Attach a file >>>>> 4. Insert at least one character in body (to trigger auto-save draft) >>>>> 5. Wait for an auto-save draft >>>>> 6. Try to view contents of attachment - error will be thrown. >>>>> >>>>> michael >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It looks like firefox 8 just hit portage today, so I installed that, and >>>> re-tested. It is still doing the same thing. I logged into a windows box >>>> with FF8, and it works as expected. So it seems to be related just to linux >>>> FF. Are you using a Linux Desktop with FF8, Michael? >>>> >>>> I don't think that this is necessarily a horde bug (it probably has more >>>> to do with the linux port of FF), but if there is anything I can do to get >>>> this working it would be of great help. >>> >>> >>> >>> Right now I am using FF9 on Win7. >>> >>> But the PDF plugin is known to be wonky at times on all platforms, at least >>> for me. I can load a PDF and nothing will happen - then I hit refresh and >>> it will instantly load. That's sort of what your issue feels like. >> >> >> >> Unless I'm missing something the OP is on 4.0.12 and Michael stated >> this was fixed in 4.0.15. Perhaps a Horde/IMP upgraded is necessary >> before continuing? >> >> Simon > > > Hi simon, > > He said: "...but it was fixed for 5.0.15", which refers to Imp, which is most current. I'm current on all horde apps as of today. I don't think this bug is the same thing I'm viewing anyway, since it seems to apply only to Linux FF/Acroread. > > I have tried every setting regarding pdfs on firefox that I can think of, tried switching to okular, tried setting it to open PDF files with the acroread program (not the plugin), I even set it to "Save File"... nothing works. I get that blank screen every time. > > There is something very different about that link. Every other pdf on the web works (an any of the configs I mentioned), but not this horde link. There is something different going on with it, I cannot even right click it and choose "save link location" like a normal link.
Sorry. Saw that too late. Have you tried cute-pdf plugin? Simon -- IMP mailing list Frequently Asked Questions: http://horde.org/faq/ To unsubscribe, mail: imp-unsubscr...@lists.horde.org
