Bug 214184

Summary:	.ps become .pdf when selecting a location to save to file (Printing functionality)
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdelibs	Reporter:	Sabine Faure <sabine>
Component:	print-dialog	Assignee:	KDEPrint Devel Mailinglist <kde-print-bugs-null>
Status:	VERIFIED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	aacid, cfeck, tokoe
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Sabine Faure 2009-11-11 22:51:31 UTC

Version:            (using Devel)
Compiler:          gcc 4.3.2 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

- Launch Kontact and go to KAB
- Create one contact and select it
- Go to File menu/Print...
- Select 'Print to File (Postscript)' from the 'Name:' combo box
- The 'Output file:' name is now 'addressbook.ps
- Click on the '...' button to select a location for the file to be saved
- The file name is changed to 'addressbook.pdf' automatically
- Click on 'Save' and the name remains 'addressbook.pdf' - In the 'Print Contacts' dialogue the 'Name:' combo box is now set to 'Print to File (PDF)' eventhough this is not what the user initially chose
Click on 'Print'
Click on 'Next' twice
Click on 'Finish' 

The file is saved as a .pdf whereas the user wanted a .ps.

The only way to have a .ps at the moment is to reselect this format manually:
- In the Print Contacts dialogue the 'Name:' combo box is now set to 'Print to File (PDF)' eventhough this is not what the user initially chose
- reselect 'Print to file (Postscript)'
- the path where the file should be saved remains but the file is now called and saved as 'addressbook.ps'
Click on 'Print'
Click on 'Next' twice
Click on 'Finish'
- Go to the location where the file should have been saved and you can see that it is a .ps. Open it and you can see that it contains the selected contact.

I think the extension of the file should never be changed to a .pdf.

Trunk, Svn Rev 1047503

Comment 1 Tobias Koenig 2009-11-12 20:39:31 UTC

Hej Sabine,  that's a bug in the printer dialog, not in KAddressBook, therefor I reassign it.  Ciao, Tobias

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2009-11-13 01:34:23 UTC

Looks like a Qt bug, as the output type also changes in pure Qt applications, e.g. "dockwidgets" example. I am not sure if recent KDE<->Qt integration plays a role here, as the file dialog is the KDE one.

Comment 3 Albert Astals Cid 2009-11-13 09:48:30 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 211952 ***

Comment 4 Sabine Faure 2010-07-08 20:40:45 UTC

It is corrected now.

When the user selects a .ps the printed file extension remains .ps as it should be.

Trunk, Svn Rev 1147490