[Qgis-user] Action "open" to open a pdf-File

[Bernhard Ströbl]

Hi,

open works for me in QGIS 2.8.3 on Win7. Be sure to
1) have a programm associated with the pdf extension
2) (if on Windows) either use "/" or escape "\" in the path, e.g.
C:/my_documents/document_xy.pdf or C:\\my_documents\\document_xy.pdf

hope this helps

Bernhard

Am 14.09.2015 um 15:31 schrieb Peter Schürch:
> I didn’t quite understand your answer, Mats, sorry. Which of the two
> discussed options are you referring to?
>
> But:
>
> One solution (for Windows) is to define a „generic action“ like this:
>
> Cmd /c [% “Path” %]
>
> This works.
>
> But the original question why the type “Open” doesn’t seem to work
> remains mysterious to me… It is still not clear to me how this type
> should be used. If one needs to specify the software why have fifth type
> of actions?
>
> Peter
>
> *Von:*Mats Elfström [mailto:mats.elfstrom at gmail.com]
> *Gesendet:* Montag, 14. September 2015 14:38
> *An:* Peter Schürch
> *Betreff:* Re: [Qgis-user] Action "open" to open a pdf-File
>
> Hi Peter!
>
> Not if Qgis uses the file type association, which if properly made
> should call on Acrobat reader to open the file regardless of where
> Acrobat is installed.
>
> Hälsning / Regards
>
> Mats.E
>
>
>
> Skickat från min / Sent from my iPhone, Ursäkta att jag är kortfattad /
> Excuse my brevity.
>
>
> 14 sep 2015 kl. 13:39 skrev "Peter Schürch" <p.schuerch at meierpartner.ch
> <mailto:p.schuerch at meierpartner.ch>>:
>
>     Hi Sylvain
>
>     Thanks for your hint. Yes this is one possibility – but a very poor
>     one because:
>
>     -If several users on different machines use this project file to
>     access the data it only works if the acrobat installation path is
>     the same everywhere… This is very unlikely…
>
>     Also I thought (and read somewhere) that the action type “open” does
>     not require to specify the program with which a file should be
>     opened. Am I wrong??
>
>     Peter
>
>     *Von:*PIERRE Sylvain [mailto:sylvain.pierre at bas-rhin.fr]
>     *Gesendet:* Montag, 14. September 2015 13:28
>     *An:* Peter Schürch
>     *Betreff:* RE: Action "open" to open a pdf-File
>
>     Hi,
>
>     You just have to give the path to acrobat reader first (depends on
>     your OS):
>
>     "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe " [% "PDF
>     File" %]
>
>     Sylvain
>
>     *De :*qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
>     [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *De la part de* Peter Schürch
>     *Envoyé :* lundi 14 septembre 2015 10:03
>     *À :* Qgis Mailinglist (qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>)
>     *Objet :* [Qgis-user] Action "open" to open a pdf-File
>
>     QGIS 2.8.1-Wien / Windows 8 / MSSQL-Spatial
>
>     Hi List
>
>     I want to open a PDF-File from the QGIS-Object-Attribute Window
>     (which pops up when I click with the “info-Tool” on a e.g.
>     point-geometry).
>
>     What I have done so far:
>
>     -I have a geometry-table in the MSSQL spatial database with point
>     geometries which works fine (displays in map, is editable etc..)
>
>     -I have an attribute which contains an absolute path to a PDF-file
>     on our server (The path is correct and works in Explorer).
>
>     -I have defined an action of type “Open”, given it a name, added the
>     action [% “PDF File”%] referring to the attribute with the file path
>     and added it to the action list.
>
>     When I open the Object Attribute Window and right click somewhere I
>     can select my action BUT nothing happens, not even an error message…
>     I’m clueless.
>
>     Using the Action Tool from the toolbar – same result, nothing
>     happens, no error message.
>
>     Any ideas?
>
>     Thanks, best regards
>
>     Peter Schürch
>
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