Bug 181422

Summary: snapshot tool cannot paste into other applications (Star Office 8, GIMP)
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Reporter: Chris Josefy <chris.josefy>
Component: acroreadAssignee: Kristian Høgsberg <krh>
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Description Chris Josefy 2006-02-13 21:52:33 UTC
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Description of problem:
Using the snapshot tool inside of acroread will copy the image to the clipboard, this image is then not able to be pasted into StarOffice 7 or 8, or The GIMP.

This occured when we moved to RHEL 3 Update 6.  Before upgrading to Update 6, we had acroread 5, and this problem was not seen.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
acroread-7.0.1-1.0.EL3

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a PDF in acroread 7.0.1
2. Use the snapshot tool to select an area of the PDF
3. Paste into Star Office document
  

Actual Results:  Error box stating the clipboard format isn't available

Expected Results:  A picture should have been pasted.

Additional info:

Comment 1 RHEL Program Management 2007-10-19 18:47:35 UTC
This bug is filed against RHEL 3, which is in maintenance phase.
During the maintenance phase, only security errata and select mission
critical bug fixes will be released for enterprise products. Since
this bug does not meet that criteria, it is now being closed.
 
For more information of the RHEL errata support policy, please visit:
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/
 
If you feel this bug is indeed mission critical, please contact your
support representative. You may be asked to provide detailed
information on how this bug is affecting you.