Auto-close Preview when last document is closed?
Is there some way to automatically close preview when all of the documents have been closed? I like to keep my active app space clear of clutter and there's no point to have a quick-loading app like Preview remain active if I've closed out everything I was reading.
Hi, isnoop.
The short answer is: no. If there were, it would be in Preview's Preferences.
You would have to Quit (Command-Q or Preview > Quit Preview) Preview.
There's no reason to quit and relaunch an application like Preview if you're going to use it more than once between restarts. It's memory footprint is small when no images are displayed and it won't use CPU cycles unless you're working with it.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
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Print Templates print preview window closes unexpectly when printing document
This is a cross posting from Internet Explorer Web Development after a suggestion that this forum would be a better location. See
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/351e1245-b606-4467-9f3c-1c72f9cdf9ea/print-templates-print-preview-window-closes-unexpectly-when-printing-document?forum=iewebdevelopment.
I have raised an issue through Connect for this:
https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/details/1134168/ie9-to-ie11-print-templates-print-preview-window-closes-unexpectly-when-printing-document, but I would like some more visibility of the issue as my customers thought my application was closing when
they printed a document. I also don't know if an issue in Connect gets any priority support via MSDN, but this forum does.
This looks to me like a problem in the IE Print Templates startDoc API call, but if there is a more appropriate forum to raise this issue in please let me know.
In the application where I use print templates, the window closing is not in it self a problem because the Javascript that is calling startDoc also closes the Print Preview window when the print is finished.
The fact that the application looses focus and can be hidden by the windows of other applications when the Print Preview window is closed by startDoc is the issue noticed by our customers, so I need a fix preferably, or a work around at a pinch.
Details of the issue reproduced below.
When using IE Print Templates, the startDoc function is causing the print preview window to close. This behaviour started with IE9, and is still present with IE11.
When an application is using print templates (see
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa753279(v=vs.85).aspx) for print functionality, this has the effect of causing the application to become hidden by any other application window once printing from the print preview window has started. It is
actually this behaviour that started me looking at this issue as the users thought the hosting application had closed.
Print Templates are not accessible by using IE as a web browser, but only when using the WebBrowser Control to embed IE in an application. The reference for this feature is available from this url:https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa753279(v=vs.85).aspx
and a sample Microsoft application that demonstrates the use of Print Templates can be used to demonstrate the problem (required for the reproduction steps). The application is available via this article and searching for "download spiffy".
Steps to reproduce the problem:
To see the full effect of the issue, first ensure there is a window from another application (like Windows Explorer) that will cover the sample applications window if brought to the foreground (making the Windows Explorer window full screen works).
Start the sample application (and ensure that the full screen Window Explorer is the next application to activate).
Then in the drop down box in the top right corner of the UI select Template8.htm.
Click the Print Preview button that is just below the drop down box (this will open a new Print Preview window).
In the new window click the Print… button (this will open a Print dialog).
Click the Print button at the bottom of the Print dialog.
The Print dialog closes (expected) and then the Print Preview window also closes (not expected), however the document is still printed successfully.
When the Print Preview windows is closed unexpectedly, the Windows Explorer window is brought to the foreground (obscuring the sample applications window).
If you reselect the sample application and click the Print Preview button again, the Print Preview dialog is not displayed unless you restart the application (this looks to be a symptom of the same issue, not a separate problem).
To see that the Print Preview window appears to be closed by the startDoc call, use the resource editor in Visual Studio (the exe can be opened directly by File | Open | File…) to edit the HTML resource "TEMPLATE8.HTM" (I found I needed to delete
it and add it back in for the change to stick), find the startDoc call and add two alerts, one on the line before and one on the line after. When IE is accessing the template, it is being done using the name of the executable (so do not rename the modified
version of printtemplates.exe, make the changes to a copy in a different directory if you don't want to change the original). Start the modified version of the application and follow the same steps as in the reproduction. This time, after clicking
the Print button in the Print dialog, the dialog will close, the first alert will pop up, then the Print Preview window will close, then
the second alert will pop up.
Thank you,
Warren.Hi Shu,
I have noticed that the print templates API is listed as part of the Legacy APIs.
Is this just because it hasn't changed or is not new? Or does this mean that it is no longer maintained and may be removed (or at least deprecated) at some point in the future?
It would good to know if we should start planning for the implementation of a different method of printing.
I understand that the sample application is no longer maintained, but I also think that the Print Template API that it uses has not changed, and so should still work (and it does mostly).
If the Print Preview window was being closed as a result of using the Print dialog (and if it had behaved the same way with IE8) I would be willing to go with the by design argument.
I have found that the Print Preview window is not closed until startDoc is called, and it closes before control is returned from the startDoc function.
Just as part of investigating and try to find a workaround, if I call window.close(), any alert calls made no longer display the alert window after the close call.
Alert still functions after startDoc has closed the window however.
The is not the sort of consistent behaviour I would expect from something that is by design.
Also while investigating, I found that calling startDoc after calling window.close() results in an exception with the error code -2147467259 (0x80004005), this is probably quite normal and expected, but does indicate that the Web Browser Control should
not be closed till after printing.
I had found that old thread, and I had concluded it was the same issue, but it was also aimed at different aspect of the problem (which I see in the sample application, but not my application).
The visible issue I have is that my users think the application has been closed because after clicking print (on the Print dialog) the application gets hidden by other windows from other applications.
This aspect affects the sample in the same manner and so it was a convenient way to demonstrate the problem.
If IE connect do not look at this issue any time soon, do I have any other avenues to resolve this issue?
Thank you,
Warren. -
Auto Close window when finished
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frame is finished.Hi krisTM
Try clicking Edit > Preferences... > Project node >
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end options area. If you click the drop-down, you should see an
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Updateing firefox asks to close firefox when it is already closed
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If you're just closing the browser window, you're not actually quitting the application. You need to quit the application for Flash Player to install. There are a few different ways to Quit Safari:
Quit app from the Dock icon:
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Use Activity Monitor to terminate Safari:
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Does anyone know of a setting/script I can change so that preview closes automatically after I close the picture I'm looking at.
Thanks!Hi, isnoop.
The short answer is: no. If there were, it would be in Preview's Preferences.
You would have to Quit (Command-Q or Preview > Quit Preview) Preview.
There's no reason to quit and relaunch an application like Preview if you're going to use it more than once between restarts. It's memory footprint is small when no images are displayed and it won't use CPU cycles unless you're working with it.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X -
Able to attach documents when the document in closed status
Hi,
I have a issue related to attchments in Service Request.
I have user status =closed ands set Chnage Document=Forbidden for that staus.
Now after setting this Status, system is not allowing me to do any chnages in the document and that is fine.
But system still allows to add the attchments and I want to stop it if the status is closed.
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babu.Disable the Add Attachment button based on this document status.This way no body would be allowed to attach document.
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I honestly did try to find my own answer, but cannot. Not sure why a simple question would have its answer so difficult to find. I'd just like the application to simply close after the last file is closed. It seems strange to have the application remain active. Thanks for your help.
It's also a bit strange that even though I searched throughout the community for questions like this......so that I wouldn't take up space for something already discussed........that immediately after I posted my question, the "
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AppleWorks closes accidentally when document is closed
When I close 400 page document AppleWorks closes (box appears asking if I wish to reopen or report).
Then when I reopen application and re-open the document, box asks if I wish to "recover changes because the document wasn't closed properly…" (even though the documant had been saved before closing).Quoting Peggy's letter (PL) and my response (H):
(PL)The cause AppleWorks crashed (quit unexpectedly) the first time could be one or more of many. The most common would be a corrupt element in the document, usually a font or graphic. As this is a long document, AppleWorks may have been trying to do too many things at once or you tried to close it when it wasn't quite done doing something. Continued crashing would indicate the first cause.
First, whenever AppleWorks crashes, there is some corruption of the AppleWorks preference files & they need to be deleted before you re-launch AppleWorks. To delete AppleWorks’ preference files, go to HD > Users > Library > Preferences. Find and delete the file com.apple.appleworks.plist. Find and open the folder AppleWorks in this Preferences folder, then delete all of the enclosed files (with the exception of the Button Bar Preferences if you have customized the Button Bars). AppleWorks will recreate the preference files as it needs them.
(H) OK I've done this. Note your suggestion:"(PL)Find and open the folder AppleWorks in this Preferences folder, then delete all of the enclosed files (with the exception of the Button Bar Preferences if you have customized the Button Bars)."
(H) The only files were Excel in HD > Users > Library > Preferences > AppleWorks. I trashed them.
(PL)I recommend trying a thing or two to "clean up" the document itself.
Instead of opening this document, create a new, blank document & "Insert" (from the File menu) the problem document or drag the icon of the old document on to the the open blank document. If the corruption is in the file, not any elements, this may fix it. Save the new document with a different name.
(H) Both options (insert. drag) resulted in AppleWorks crashing.
(PL) If this didn't work, open the problem document or use the newly created one & go to File > Save As… & choose AppleWorks 5 as the file type, again with a different name. Now open this AppleWorks 5 document in AppleWorks 6. This will often strip mild corruption. You do not need to have AppleWorks 5 to do this.
(H) did this however AppleWorks still crashes when document is closed. One change has been noticed, when re-opened no longer says doc was closed improperly. Once I indicate don't try recover "lost " changes since I knew I had made none.
If the new document still has problems, remove any graphic elements. You can do this one at a time or all at once & see what happens. If you don't have any graphics or this doesn't work, try changing the font.
I don't know of any "graphic elements" unless I copied a footnote or quote and pasted it in. This document has been in the works for years.
I changed the font from palatino to Times New Roman and then redid the 5.0 to 6.0 Still crashes when doc is closed.
Well Peggy I'm most appreciative of all your woderful suggestions but still no cigar!
John
P.S. I have your "Pages" iWorks suggestion in my hip pocket waiting for after Steve Jobes' speech Jan 9. Hoping that might offer an improved software?
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Feb 21 04:35:43 hostname kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 2 APIC 0x4
Feb 21 04:35:43 hostname kernel: CPU2 is up
Feb 21 04:35:43 hostname kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 3 APIC 0x6
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Feb 21 04:35:43 hostname kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 4 APIC 0x1
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Feb 21 04:35:43 hostname kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 5 APIC 0x3
Feb 21 04:35:43 hostname kernel: CPU5 is up
Feb 21 04:35:43 hostname kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 6 APIC 0x5
Feb 21 04:35:43 hostname kernel: CPU6 is up
Feb 21 04:35:43 hostname kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 7 APIC 0x7
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The first thing I did was to disable systemd's acpi features by setting /etc/systemd/logind.conf as follows:
# This file is part of systemd.
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
# See logind.conf(5) for details
[Login]
#NAutoVTs=6
#ReserveVT=6
#KillUserProcesses=no
#KillOnlyUsers=
#KillExcludeUsers=root
#Controllers=
#ResetControllers=cpu
#InhibitDelayMaxSec=5
HandlePowerKey=ignore
HandleSuspendKey=ignore
HandleHibernateKey=ignore
HandleLidSwitch=ignore
#PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes
IdleAction=suspend
IdleActionSec=45min
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LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=no
but after reading man 5 logind.conf it seems that this is unnecessary (and it had no effect when I tried it).
acpid is also installed but I have commented out the contents of /etc/acpi/handler.sh as well as all the scripts in /etc/acpi/actions. I noticed that there is also a UPower daemon which was installed as a dependency and thought that it might be triggering the suspend. I tried setting
IgnoreLid=true
in /etc/UPower/UPower.conf but this also had no effect.
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UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount loaded active waiting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1b.0-sound-card0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1c.2-0000:02:00.0-net-wlan0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:02:00.0/net/wlan0
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1c.3-0000:03:00.0-net-eth0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:03:00.0/net/eth0
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1d.0-usb2-2\x2d1-2\x2d1.2-2\x2d1.2.1-2\x2d1.2.1.1-2\x2d1.2.1.1.1-2\x2d1.2.1.1.1:1.2-sound-card1.device loaded active plugged 0819
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1d.0-usb2-2\x2d1-2\x2d1.2-2\x2d1.2.1-2\x2d1.2.1.3.device loaded active plugged Deskjet_5400_series
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda-sda1.device loaded active plugged ST9500420AS
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda-sda2.device loaded active plugged ST9500420AS
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda.device loaded active plugged ST9500420AS
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata3-host2-target2:0:0-2:0:0:0-block-sr0.device loaded active plugged TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SN-208AB
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS0
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS1
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS2
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS3
sys-module-configfs.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/configfs
sys-subsystem-net-devices-eth0.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/net/devices/eth0
sys-subsystem-net-devices-wlan0.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlan0
-.mount loaded active mounted /
dev-hugepages.mount loaded active mounted Huge Pages File System
dev-mqueue.mount loaded active mounted POSIX Message Queue File System
media-usbhd\x2dsda1.mount loaded active mounted /media/usbhd-sda1
sys-kernel-config.mount loaded active mounted Configuration File System
sys-kernel-debug.mount loaded active mounted Debug File System
tmp.mount loaded active mounted Temporary Directory
cups.path loaded active waiting CUPS Printer Service Spool
systemd-ask-password-console.path loaded active waiting Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch
systemd-ask-password-wall.path loaded active waiting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch
acpid.service loaded active running ACPI event daemon
atd.service loaded active running ATD daemon
cronie.service loaded active running Periodic Command Scheduler
cups.service loaded active running CUPS Printing Service
dbus.service loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus
[email protected] loaded active running Getty on tty1
laptop-mode.service loaded active exited Laptop Mode Tools
polkit.service loaded active running Authorization Manager
postfix.service loaded active running Postfix Mail Transport Agent
systemd-journald.service loaded active running Journal Service
systemd-logind.service loaded active running Login Service
systemd-modules-load.service loaded active exited Load Kernel Modules
systemd-remount-fs.service loaded active exited Remount Root and Kernel File Systems
systemd-sysctl.service loaded active exited Apply Kernel Variables
systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service loaded active exited Recreate Volatile Files and Directories
systemd-udev-trigger.service loaded active exited udev Coldplug all Devices
systemd-udevd.service loaded active running udev Kernel Device Manager
systemd-user-sessions.service loaded active exited Permit User Sessions
systemd-vconsole-setup.service loaded active exited Setup Virtual Console
upower.service loaded active running Daemon for power management
wicd.service loaded active running Wicd a wireless and wired network manager for Linux
acpid.socket loaded active listening ACPID Listen Socket
cups.socket loaded active running CUPS Printing Service Sockets
dbus.socket loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus Socket
dmeventd.socket loaded active listening Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs
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systemd-initctl.socket loaded active listening /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe
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basic.target loaded active active Basic System
cryptsetup.target loaded active active Encrypted Volumes
getty.target loaded active active Login Prompts
graphical.target loaded active active Graphical Interface
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multi-user.target loaded active active Multi-User
network.target loaded active active Network
printer.target loaded active active Printer
remote-fs.target loaded active active Remote File Systems
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sound.target loaded active active Sound Card
suspend.target loaded active active Suspend
swap.target loaded active active Swap
sysinit.target loaded active active System Initialization
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LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.
74 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.
To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.
Any ideas on what might be causing the system to suspend when the lid is closed would be appreciated.
Thanks
Last edited by Superposition (2013-02-21 15:48:06)qinohe wrote:You don't have to disable acpi!
Since you made the complete switch to systemd, why not let systemd handle this kind of events?
I was referring to the suggestion of setting acpi=off on the kernel line. systemd can only run a few preset actions on events like lid close (e.g. suspend, poweroff, ignore, etc.). I need to run custom scripts. Also, for some reason I still do not fully understand, it was not working properly. The log in my original post seems to show that it was initiating the suspend.
qinohe wrote:
progandy wrote:Yes, it is easier, but my laptop should react differently depending on the power source. With AC power lid-switch locks the screen, in battery mode it suspends. That is impossible with systemd.
Yes you need something like laptop-mode-tools for that, I know systemd will not do that, for now.
But that is not the issue here!, the issue here is that the llid-switch-button' shouldn't be used at all.
For as far as possible I would still recommend systemd to handle your events!, but it's your decision finally!
You need acpid for that not laptop-mode-tools. This is exactly what apcid is for --- running user scripts on ACPI events.
Anyway, I finally have this fixed though I still have no idea what the problem was. I ran out of ideas on how to fix it and #archlinux didn't know either so I went the painful but sure route. I did full reinstall and reinstalled all programs. logind was still behaving as this point (not ignoring it's logind.conf file as it seemed to be before the reinstall) after this so I concluded that the packages installed were not the problem at least with their default configs. After that, I gradually restored the config files I cared about while testing to see if logind still worked correctly. Contrary, to what I expected it never broke and I was able to restore all modified configs and get correct behavior.
I suspect there was some old out of date config file somewhere that was causing the problem but it's hard to say which one it was. I could probably figure it out with a bit more experimentation but have already spent enough time fixing this...
In case anyone else needs a similar configuration, the relevant files are as follows. This sets up the system to lock whenever systemd executes a suspend action. It also sets up acpid to suspend on lid close.
Make sure you have installed acpid and enabled it to run at startup.
/etc/systemd/logind.conf
# This file is part of systemd.
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
# See logind.conf(5) for details
[Login]
/etc/systemd/logind.conf
#NAutoVTs=6
#ReserveVT=6
#KillUserProcesses=no
#KillOnlyUsers=
#KillExcludeUsers=root
#Controllers=
#ResetControllers=cpu
#InhibitDelayMaxSec=5
HandlePowerKey=ignore
HandleSuspendKey=ignore
HandleHibernateKey=ignore
HandleLidSwitch=ignore
#PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes
#IdleAction=ignore
#IdleActionSec=30min
/etc/acpi/handler.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Default acpi script that takes an entry for all actions
case "$1" in
button/power)
case "$2" in
PBTN|PWRF)
logger 'PowerButton pressed'
/usr/bin/systemctl poweroff
logger "ACPI action undefined: $2"
esac
button/sleep)
case "$2" in
SLPB|SBTN)
logger 'SleepButton pressed'
/usr/bin/systemctl suspend
logger "ACPI action undefined: $2"
esac
ac_adapter)
case "$2" in
AC|ACAD|ADP0)
case "$4" in
00000000)
logger 'AC unpluged'
/usr/sbin/laptop_mode auto
00000001)
logger 'AC pluged'
/usr/sbin/laptop_mode auto
esac
logger "ACPI action undefined: $2"
esac
battery)
case "$2" in
BAT0)
case "$4" in
00000000)
logger 'Battery online'
/usr/sbin/laptop_mode auto
00000001)
logger 'Battery offline'
/usr/sbin/laptop_mode auto
esac
CPU0)
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
button/lid)
case "$3" in
close)
logger 'LID closed'
/usr/sbin/laptop_mode auto
if [ $(cat /sys/class/power_supply/ADP0/online) -eq 0 ]; then
/usr/bin/systemctl suspend
fi
open)
logger 'LID opened'
/usr/sbin/laptop_mode auto
logger "ACPI action undefined: $3"
esac
logger "ACPI group/action undefined: $1 / $2"
esac
# vim:set ts=4 sw=4 ft=sh et:
Last edited by Superposition (2013-02-23 23:15:54) -
So here is the situation, my company uses a third party scanning software, that puts documents scanned or created onto a webserver. We use a program that grants a user access to view the documents on the webserver. The user will have to log into the system
using credentials, we have Kerberos doing this. Once the user is logged onto the system they navigate to the document they want to view or edit. So the user wants to view a .pdf file, they click the document they want, and it is supposed to open in the default
program associated with file extension. ie: .doc would open Word, .xls would open Excel. When the document is loading in the default program Internet Explorer opens a blank page, this page is supposed to prompt the user if they want to open or save the document.
(I changed the registry to have the files selected to automatically open without this prompt.) The blank screen generated is still staying open, this screen is supposed to close automatically after the prompt or close automatically after the document is opened.
So when a user is looking at several documents, this floods the screen with all these blank Internet Explorer pages. This problem is only occurring for users that have Windows 7 PC's, XP users do not have this problem at all. My PC is the only one in the company
that is Windows 7 64-bit, and working properly with the IE blank page automatically closing. I'm wondering what can be done to fix this problem, is it as simple as registering some .dll files or do I need to make a registry change? Any help would greatly be
appreciated.What is the registry change exactly? Sounds like one which is supposed to avoid the prompt. I know
that there used to be such a thing, before the new prompt and I know that some users think that there should be such a thing for any program but I'm not sure if that expectation is valid or not. I think this may also be related to a concurrent change
in the OS. E.g. in XP we had File Types Options editor but starting in Vista that was removed. You might get some more clues on this tack from NirSoft's FileTypesMan utility.
The registry change that I did was to remove the open and save prompt. I will be sure to look into that. Our company
isn't worried about the user's automatically opening the files since they are all trusted. They also do not have the ability to install anything, so if they were to download a potentially harmful file they could never install it. We monitor downloads as well,
if they download files off the internet that aren't work related we remove their download capabilities.
Sounds like a scenario for using ProcMon to take two traces and compare them for their essential differences.
I talked to my boss about using this tool and he is worried about using it. I'm only an intern at my office and do not have the authority to use a program without their knowledge or consent. I will run the idea by them again and see if it's okay I use this.
I'll maybe make some presentation about how it can help us with our problem and how much time and money it will save. Because I really want to get down to the bottom of this.
Probably the most significant thing is going to be the Content-type that the files are being served by.
You could use the Developer Tools, Network Capture to check on that and ProcMon could help explain what happens after that. A related workaround to change the symptom when the Content-type is not what is expected is to disable MIME Sniffing (e.g. in
Security options, Miscellaneous section). In fact, perhaps that could explain your machine's difference with anyone else? MIME Sniffing is a default, previously known as "save according to type not extension" (or some such wording).
Okay I will be completely honest I have no idea how to use Developer Tools (F12), yes I could google it, when I tried using it on the blank pages it would never work, I also have no idea what I'm looking at. I should mention that I do not have access to
the web server. Our programming and development side only has access to our AS400, which is where the web server is located. I do have MIME Sniffing enabled and so does everyone else. I may be wrong but, I believe it is needed in order to open the file extension
in the correct default program, yes? I thought MIME Sniffing would see a .docx file and then find the appropriate program to open that .docx file in. I may be wrong but I know it's used somehow along these lines. -
"Restore last view settings when reopening documents" option not working with all documents
Said option (found under Edit/Preferences, category Documents), which works like an automatic bookmark in that it takes you back to the same place you were at when you last closed a document, is very useful, but apparently doesn't work with *all* documents.
- Does anyone know what determines whether a given document works with this option or not?
- Is this by design or a bug? A matter of PDF format version?
- Is there a way to work around the problem?
I've compared two documents, only one of which works with the option, to determine what the relevant difference may be, and found two suspects (under File/Properties): the PDF version (1.5 in the document that works, 1.4 in the one that doesn't), and 'Fast Web View' ('yes' in the document that works, 'no' in the one that doesn't).
Thanks,
MichaelThis seems to be a problem with some PDF files.
Suggested workaround: If the PDF you have allows "Save As", then try save-as to a new file. The "Restore last view settings when reopening documents" option should then work as expected (in the new file).
(Original post: Restore last view setting not working in version XI)
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