Shortened the path down to…
file path: Macintosh HD:Users:johnbdh2:Desktop:004_4_C_1987PB2.pdf
Posix path: /Users/johnbdh2/Desktop/004_4_C_1987PB2.pdf
Still not being displayed on a mac
> On Oct 18, 2017, at 3:06 PM, John DeSoi via 4D_Tech <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>> On Oct 18, 2017, at 6:22 PM, John Baughman via 4D_Tech
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> There is nothing in the path names that require encoding ie.. WA OPEN
>> URL(waDocument;"file://"+$posixPath) and WA OPEN
>> URL(waDocument;"file://"+$posixPath;*) return the same thing. For example
>> with the *…
>>
>> $opsixPath =
>> "/Users/johnbdh2/Desktop/004_4_C_1987PB2-PG2MedOffcBldg-Prkg_Civil_CD.pdf"
>>
>> Is there something I am missing in your response as to why the pdfs do not
>> display on the Mac?
>
>
> Maybe try a shorter (< 32 character file name). I tried displaying PDFs on
> the Mac from the temporary folder and could not get it to work (long and
> strange path names). Seems to work fine from other directories with
> relatively short file names (tested 15.4 and 16.2 Mac).
>
> John DeSoi, Ph.D.
>
>
>
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