Title:
Bug 81407:When using the PDF() service, the "name" attribute is required but is not honored
| View in TrackerStatus/Resolution/Reason: Closed/Fixed/
Reporter/Name(from Bugbase): marc esher / marc esher (marcesher)
Created: 12/31/2009
Components: Document Management, PDF manipulation
Versions: 9.0
Failure Type: Unspecified
Found In Build/Fixed In Build: 0000 / 269517
Priority/Frequency: Normal / Some users will encounter
Locale/System: Japanese / Platforms All
Vote Count: 0
Problem:
When using the PDF() service, the "name" attribute is required but is not honored
Method:
Take the following code:pdf = new PDF();result = pdf.extractText(source=input,pages="3",addquads=true,honourspaces=false,type="xml",name="resultx");xml = xmlparse(resultx);I'm assigning the result of the function call to "result", but I'm required to use the "name" attribute in order for the function to not error. However, the value I use for the name attribute does not actually contain the result. In this example, if I use name="resultx", I would expect that resultX would contain the result of the extractText call. But it doesn't. This appears to be true for most if not all of the PDF() functions.To me, the "name" attribute should not be required since it's not being used. It's more natural to follow typical function semantics, i.e. the result of the function call is stored into the variable to which it is assigned.
Result:
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Watson Bug ID: 3040711
External Customer Info:
External Company:
External Customer Name: marc esher
External Customer Email: 70390EBF47F01CAF992015B9
External Test Config: 12/31/2009Attachments:
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