Display PDF in Browser Widget Error?

Roger Eller roger.e.eller at sealedair.com
Wed Jun 21 14:19:40 EDT 2017


Have you tried "my%20Pdf"?

~Roger

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 2:04 PM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hmm, it seems that the spaces are the culprit. I did a quick test, and
> selecting a pdf "myPdf" works fine, whereas selecting a pdf "my Pdf" throws
> an error.
>
> This looks like a bug to me :)
>
> Best,
> Panos
> --
>
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 6:50 PM, JOHN PATTEN via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > It contains spaces, but no unicode that I can see.  i.e. "Transportation
> > Bus Software Laptop.pdf”
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> >
> > > On Jun 21, 2017, at 10:47 AM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode <
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi John,
> > >
> > > Does the pdf filename you select contain any unicode characters?
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Panos
> > > --
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 6:31 PM, JOHN PATTEN via use-livecode <
> > > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi All,
> > >>
> > >> I am trying to display a PDF in a browser widget using the tutorial
> > here:
> > >> http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/727199-how-do-i- <
> > http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/727199-how-do-i->
> > >> display-a-pdf-in-livecode <http://lessons.livecode.com/ <
> > http://lessons.livecode.com/>
> > >> m/4071/l/727199-how-do-i-display-a-pdf-in-livecode>
> > >>
> > >> and this code:
> > >>
> > >> on mouseUp
> > >>   local tFile
> > >>   answer file "Please choose the file you would like to display" with
> > >> type "PDF document|pdf|PDF"
> > >>   if it is not empty then
> > >>      put it into tFile
> > >>      set the url of widget "browser" to tFile
> > >>   end if
> > >> end mouseUp
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I’m getting this error:
> > >>
> > >> button "Button": execution error at line 6 (extension: error occured
> > with
> > >> domain) near "runtime", char 1
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Would this be a bug, or am I doing something incorrectly?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Thank you!
> > >> John Patten
> > >> SUSD
>
>



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