size of pdf MDBU preview

[RalphM]

They are all set to 0 in my config but I get the small pdf preview as well (with PDF XChange Editor).

[admin]

Really?! That's MDBU, right, not Hover Box?

[RalphM]

Yes, MDBU on icon in Details View.

[admin]

In the next beta (v20.80.0101), do this:

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echo get("mdbusize", "<your pdf file>");

or select the PDF file in the list and do this:

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echo get("mdbusize");

[RalphM]

Probably not what you expected:

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but looking like this:

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[admin]

Well, it's a first step into knowledge...

PS: What about your Hover Box on PDFs. Also small?

PS2: Should be fixed in v20.80.0102.

[RalphM]

Yes, hover box for PDF's was small too.

Unfortunately not there yet, 20.80.0102 results in a "Cannot decode" message for the same PDF as above.

[admin]

Oh.

Something must be wrong with your shell extensions (thumbnail handler in this case). Are you sure PDF XChange Editor is correctly installed?

[RalphM]

I had an older version (7.xxx) of PDF XChange Editor so uninstalled that one and reinstalled the newest version 8.336 but still no luck, same message of "Cannot decode".
And I haven't got any special codecs installed ether.

[fletch]

Following your Shell Extensions reminder, I finally dove into that after following a reference I came across about User-Defined Preview Handlers. Found the Sumatra handler and added that. There were two entries with the same GUID (in ShellEx). A thumbnail and preview handler. In my case I get neither a thumbnail nor MDBU preview with that GUID configured in XYplorer as a custom handler for PDF's.

[fletch]

Just sharing - as I try different things, I too see the tiny MDBU preview if I have the PDF-X v8 "Editor" installed but the preview was the expected size when using the v2.5 viewer - https://www.tracker-software.com/produc ... scontinued. But I think I discern from the discussion you've already got a handle on that issue in the current beta.

[fletch]

Yup, MDBU size fixed in the beta but some PDF's still get Can't Decode and as such get no preview.

[RalphM]

Well, not fixed for me, as I haven't found a pdf yet that doesn't show the "Can't decode" message.

[admin]

Weird. I wonder why not more users a re reporting that the last beta stopped working for PDFs.

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text get("thumbnailprovider", "pdf");

Result:
GUID: {EBD0B8F4-A9A0-41B7-9695-030CD264D9C8}
DefaultName: PDF-XChange PDF Thumbnail Provider
DisplayName: PDF-XChange PDF Thumbnail Provider

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text get("previewhandler", "pdf");

Result:
GUID: {CF822AB4-6DB5-4FDA-BC28-E61DF36D2583}
DefaultName: PDF-XChange PDF Preview Provider
DisplayName: PDF-XChange PDF Preview Provider

PS: Next version tries another fix.

[RalphM]

My results:
GUID: {644D29FB-8692-49A6-B37D-D11A4CCC7A6D}
DefaultName: PDF-XChange PDF Thumbnail Handler

GUID: {9B68BDF7-95F9-4A1F-851C-27D822F8E3E9}
DefaultName: PDF-XChange Preview Handler
DisplayName: PDF-XChange Preview Handler

Apparently, neither the GUID's nor the names seem to match - for whatever reason.

Here again my installed version PDF XChange Editor:

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