[QGIS-trac] [Quantum GIS] #2138: Attribute Actions Problem

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#2138: Attribute Actions Problem
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   Reporter:  johnnyC                           |              Owner:  nobody       
       Type:  bug                               |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |          Milestone:  Version 1.4.0
  Component:  Build/Install                     |            Version:  1.3.0        
   Keywords:  actions attribute                 |   Platform_version:  XP sp2       
   Platform:  Windows                           |           Must_fix:  Yes          
Status_info:  0                                 |  
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 I am using Mimas 1.3.0 (do not have the build version handy) on windows
 installed using the stand alone installer, installed on laptop with
 Windows XP pro operating system.  I don't know how to assign this issue to
 a component - I don't know which component the actions feature is
 associated with.  I also don't understand the difference between the
 milestone and the version in the ticket submission panel so i hope this
 ticket will make sense.

 I am having a strange problem with the attribute action feature.  I want
 to be able to play videos or view pictures associated with various points
 in my layer.  I have input the path to vlc on my machine (in quotes) and
 then the path to the file (in quotes) using the %% argument to get the
 value in the attribute:  "C:\program files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe"
 "c:\pics_n_vids\%%" is the action.

 In my specific situation, I have 3 video attributes and 3 picture
 attributes (the value of each being the name of a video or picture file).
 So, I should be able to simply right click on one of those values from the
 Identify Results window and choose the action that I have called View.

 This worked perfectly fine in 1.0.1 KORE(or was it 1.0.2??? - it is
 already replace so i cannot check but either way, it was working fine).
 But in 1.3.0 Mimas, something strange happens.  The value that is sent to
 the VLC video player is not necessarily the value that I selected from the
 Identify Results window.  The attribute values are correctly associated
 with the attribute name in the Identify Results window (i.e. video1 is
 shown to contain the correct filename as I included when I created the
 layer, etc.) but the value that gets sent to the player can be the value
 from any of the other attributes listed in the Identify Results window.

 Now if I select the video1 attribute value to be played, QGIS can send the
 attribute value (ie the filename) associated with any of the other
 attributes.  So I might have to select the value associated with video1
 attribute so as to view the picture file associated with picture2
 attribute, for example, or select the value displayed for picture3 so as
 to be able to play video1.  I am working from layers stored in PostGIS.

 I have tried to find any related issue on the forums but have not seen
 this situation discussed so I am submitting this as a ticket.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2138>
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