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Re: [Bug 1012110] Re: pptviewlib does not accept unicode filename
No I haven't. Still waiting on more information from the user. The bug
report was my deduction from looking at the code, but it may not be valid.
Will follow up.
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On Jun 21, 2012 7:00 AM, "Jonathan Corwin" <1012110@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Samuel, did you reproduce this? I tried with a non-ascii character
> filename but it worked fine. However I'm on Windows 7, not XP.
>
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> Title:
> pptviewlib does not accept unicode filename
>
> Status in OpenLP - Worship Presentation Software:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> If PowerPoint Viewer is being used by presentation plugin, loading a
> presentation file whose filename/path contains unicode (non-ASCII)
> characters causes a traceback:
>
> --- Exception Traceback ---
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File
> "D:\OpenLP_Code\release-1.9.9\build\pyi.win32\OpenLP\outPYZ1.pyz\openlp.core.lib.mediamanageritem",
> line 342, in onFileClick
> File
> "D:\OpenLP_Code\release-1.9.9\build\pyi.win32\OpenLP\outPYZ1.pyz\openlp.core.lib.mediamanageritem",
> line 396, in validateAndLoad
> File
> "D:\OpenLP_Code\release-1.9.9\build\pyi.win32\OpenLP\outPYZ1.pyz\openlp.plugins.presentations.lib.mediaitem",
> line 194, in loadList
> File
> "D:\OpenLP_Code\release-1.9.9\build\pyi.win32\OpenLP\outPYZ1.pyz\openlp.plugins.presentations.lib.pptviewcontroller",
> line 128, in load_presentation
> UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position
> 60-61: ordinal not in range(128)
>
> Line 128 in load_presentation in pptviewcontroller uses str() on the
> filepath. This is due to a limitation of the C/C++ pptviewlib. It's
> OpenPPT function takes a *filename argument of type char. Thus it is
> unable to deal with unicode strings.
>
> see http://www.support.openlp.org/issues/724
>
> [WinXP SP3, OpenLP 1.9.9]
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Title:
pptviewlib does not accept unicode filename
Status in OpenLP - Worship Presentation Software:
New
Bug description:
If PowerPoint Viewer is being used by presentation plugin, loading a
presentation file whose filename/path contains unicode (non-ASCII)
characters causes a traceback:
--- Exception Traceback ---
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\OpenLP_Code\release-1.9.9\build\pyi.win32\OpenLP\outPYZ1.pyz\openlp.core.lib.mediamanageritem", line 342, in onFileClick
File "D:\OpenLP_Code\release-1.9.9\build\pyi.win32\OpenLP\outPYZ1.pyz\openlp.core.lib.mediamanageritem", line 396, in validateAndLoad
File "D:\OpenLP_Code\release-1.9.9\build\pyi.win32\OpenLP\outPYZ1.pyz\openlp.plugins.presentations.lib.mediaitem", line 194, in loadList
File "D:\OpenLP_Code\release-1.9.9\build\pyi.win32\OpenLP\outPYZ1.pyz\openlp.plugins.presentations.lib.pptviewcontroller", line 128, in load_presentation
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 60-61: ordinal not in range(128)
Line 128 in load_presentation in pptviewcontroller uses str() on the
filepath. This is due to a limitation of the C/C++ pptviewlib. It's
OpenPPT function takes a *filename argument of type char. Thus it is
unable to deal with unicode strings.
see http://www.support.openlp.org/issues/724
[WinXP SP3, OpenLP 1.9.9]
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