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I have a patch that has happily been displaying .pdf's via fpic until today.

Even the fpic.help patch will not display .pdf's - .jpg's, png's etc. it has no problem with, but if I use 'open', .pdf files are greyed out, and with 'openany' it simply doesn't open the file.

Max 7.5.3, MacOS 10.13.4, MacBook Pro 15" Mid 2012

I have a patch that has happily been displaying .pdf's via fpic until today.
Even the fpic.help patch will not display .pdf's - .jpg's, png's etc. it has no problem with, but if I use 'open', .pdf files are greyed out, and with 'openany' it simply doesn't open the file.
I've tried re-booting, updating Max ...

Max 7.5.3, MacOS 10.13.4, MacBook Pro 15" Mid 2012

I have a patch that has happily been displaying .pdf's via fpic until today.
Even the fpic.help patch will not display .pdf's - .jpg's, png'

fpic-no-longer-displays-pdf

OK, so I suspect this is a QuickTime thing, because it's not working on another machine, a MacPro.

Furthermore I can confirm that whilst QuickTime 7 will happily display .pdf's QuickTime 10.4 will not. 

OK, so I suspect this is a QuickTime thing, because it's not working on another machine, a MacPro.
 Furthermore I can confirm that whilst QuickTime 7 will happily display .pdf's QuickTime 10.4 will not. 
Wtf - this was working yesterday!?
Can anyone else please confirm?

 happening on another machine which is running OS10.12.5 and a fresh install of Max 7.3.5.

I understand now from an Apple forum, that QT10 never did open .pdf's, so I'm assuming fpic uses the 'old' Quicktime framework, so how/why should this have changed?

As a temporary workaround, I'm having to convert my .pdf's to .jpg's, but I really need this to work without making the user jump through hoops, as it's for an application that I'm currently sharing with a number of users, and which I'm eventually hoping to sell, so if anyone is monitoring this thread, some feedback would be great.

I can confirm that this is not happening on another machine which is running OS10.12.5 and a fresh install of Max 7.3.5.
I understand now from an Apple forum, that QT10 never did open .pdf's, so I'm assuming fpic uses the 'old' Quicktime framework, so how/why should this have changed?

As a temporary workaround, I'm having to convert my .pdf's to .jpg's, but I really need this to work without making the user jump through hoops, as it's for an application that I'm currently sharing with a number of users, and which I'm eventually hoping to sell, so if anyone is monitoring this thread, some feedback would be great.

hello, i had the same problem in firefox , i foud the solution

Many PDFs are only displaying images and some text using the built in viewer in Firefox 44.0.2 on A MacBook Pro running OS X 10.9.5.

This appears to be something that has only happened in the latest updates of Firefox.

Example of one that DOES NOT display well in Firefox: 

http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kplu/files/201602/save-kplu-ambassador-kit.pdf

Another random of a .pdf that does not display well in Firefox 44 (but used to): 

http://www.insurance.wa.gov/oicfiles/orders/2011orders/11-0143.pdf

(Not using "hardware acceleration," etc.)

Another user that reported problems with PDF files reported that a new profile (about:support -> Refresh) worked. I'm not sure if this is caused by website specific setting or some global setting that you have changed in Firefox.

You can check for problems with preferences.

Delete possible user.js and numbered prefs-##.js files and rename/remove the prefs.js file to reset all prefs to the default value including prefs set via user.js and prefs that are no longer supported in current Firefox releases.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Resetting_preferences

You can try to clear the Site Preferences.

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/remove-recent-browsing-search-and-download-history

Clearing "Site Preferences" clears exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, and software installation and exception for password and other website specific data.

hello, i had the same problem  in firefox , i foud the solution
Many PDFs are only displaying images and some text using the built in viewer in Firefox 44.0.2 on A MacBook Pro running OS X 10.9.5.

Example of one that DOES NOT display well in Firefox: http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kplu/files/201602/save-kplu-ambassador-kit.pdf

Another random of a .pdf that does not display well in Firefox 44 (but used to): http://www.insurance.wa.gov/oicfiles/orders/2011orders/11-0143.pdf

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Resetting_preferences
You can try to clear the Site Preferences.

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/remove-recent-browsing-search-and-download-history
Clearing "Site Preferences" clears exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, and software installation and exception for password and other website specific data.UC Browser Apk  SHAREit Apk  MX Player Apk 

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