I GET NO PATH FOR A PDF - WHY?

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iaseac
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I GET NO PATH FOR A PDF - WHY?

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I GET NO PATH FOR A PDF - WHY?
251.PDF Shows no path. 252.jpg Has the path as wanted for this and any other file.

(Wish List - sure would be nice if the listing display could be edited - say what is in display and the order of lines)
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Re: I GET NO PATH FOR A PDF - WHY?

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No idea why some fields are empty. Those data come from Windows. You can select the ones you want to see here: Configuration | Information | File Info Tips & Hover Box | Show these fields. But not each field has contents with each file.

PS: What happened to your keyboard?

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I did not understand the "PS: What happened to your keyboard?"

I looked at the File info and Hover box...
Each of the two files have a path to the same place and next to each other. Only the JPG displays - the PDF does not display a path.
The hover box config has all 8 items checked.

I have really gotten to like the function and can not understand why the difference in actual display.
I have plenty of other PDF files and they display just fine - just redid the search - nothing changed - same display.
That is why I posted it under Bug Report. Why the KB hint?

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Select a PDF and run this through the address bar: echo property("*Path"); Does it return a path?

Your caps lock seemed stuck.

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echo property("*Path"); No gets nothing - but Ctrl P does with or without Caps Lock on.

Why the cap lock??

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Well, as I said before, I cannot explain it. Nor confirm it. Works fine here.

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As you don't seem to get it - to caps lock: have a lock look at the title of this thread.
It's said to be bad behavior :whistle:
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So this is all part of a ruse.

Lots of pdf will not display the path.

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Looks like a bug in the property handler.

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This item remains unresolved - sorry. I'm not able to post the PDF for you
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Get the latest beta (any >= v22.70.0016), select one of those PDF and run this script: text <get properties>; No path info anywhere?

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This is the Mag cover - no difference.
You can google the manual for a file to test - if I may say so. :whistle:
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You must have installed some 3rd party app/extension that messes with the shell properties of PDF's because "Pages" as shown in your first screenshot is not a returned shell property for PDF's without installing an extra shell property handler.

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Right or wrong - gets me no closer to a solution. There is lots pf stuff on this PC!

It is just 1or 2 out of 10 or 20 that will not display the path. Then again all the magazines - none will show the path. So I end up flipping to Details and back - not nice.

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"Path = ..." is there at #194. You probably just have to tick it: Configuration | Information | File Info Tips & Hover Box | Show these fields

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