Details
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Bug
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Resolution: Done
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Not Evaluated
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4.7.3
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None
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Linux (CentOS release 5.7)
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9e7aa36606bf8f407a3d9169e2253c550624f678
Description
I am not able to view PDF files included in a help collection. When I press links to the files, nothing will happen. The problem appears to be that launchWithExternalApp() in helpviewer.cpp will assume a PDF can be opened internally, and therefore do nothing, but the calling code is not actually able to display it.
If I apply the attached patch, everything works better in that launchWithExternalApp() will not recognise the file as one the assistant can open, and thus pass it to an external application so that it will actually be displayed. It is, however, not 100% clear to me whether this is the way PDFs are supposed to be displayed, or the Qt assistant itself is supposed to be able to handle them.
Attachments
Issue Links
- duplicates
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QTBUG-5583 When clicking on a link to a file that is part of the help collection, it should only call setSource() if it knows it can handle the file extension
- Closed
- is duplicated by
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QTBUG-23937 Unable to open locally stored PDFfrom help window
- Closed