Report Results is not appending .pdf to file name

[smk78]

Testing Win7 local build and ESS Jenkins 4.1 Build 165:

Report Results generates a zero-length file unless you specifically add .pdf to the filename, even though the default Save as Type is pdf!

This just caused me some frustration; there will be much wailing in the user community if it's not rectified!

Selecting the alternative Save as Types of .txt or .html works as expected (ie, you don't need to add the descriptor manually).

[krzywon]

Is this a duplicate of #818?

[smk78]

Appears to have a similar impact on the Report as #818, but the cause seems much more straightforward (ie, not a missing dependency, simply a missing file extension)!

[krzywon]

​https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/pull/301
​https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/blob/master/CHANGELOG.txt

What version of xhtml2pdf are you using? This should be fixed as of xhtml2pdf v0.1alpha4.

[smk78]

check_packages says:
xhtml2pdf Version Installed: 3.0.33

[krzywon]

I would suggest upgrading to the latest version of xhtml2pdf and see if that

• Download the wheel file (.whl) from ​https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xhtml2pdf#downloads and remember where you saved it.
• Open a command prompt and navigate to the location you saved the wheel to.
• (if you don't have pip) easy-install pip
• pip unistall xhtml2pdf
• pip install <xhtml2pdf wheel file name> - you should be able to tab complete the file name
• Try saving the pdf again and see what happens.

This might be another package dependency issue that should be addressed in #681 and #886.

[smk78]

Ok. Followed these instructions and they seem to have done the trick! Though the wheel I picked up seems to be a beta…

check_packages now says:
xhtml2pdf Version Installed: 0.2b1