Bug 688026 - GSview 4.7 for WindowsXP no .pdf preview feature,NO ICC version 4 support and minor ommition
Summary: GSview 4.7 for WindowsXP no .pdf preview feature,NO ICC version 4 support and...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Artifex GSview
Classification: Unclassified
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Assignee: Russell Lang
URL: http://www.color.org/version4pdf.pdf
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Reported: 2005-04-09 10:28 UTC by Joe
Modified: 2012-06-18 13:01 UTC (History)
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preview function of your program (56.43 KB, image/png)
2005-04-09 10:30 UTC, Joe
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preview in list view (54.68 KB, image/png)
2005-04-09 10:33 UTC, Joe
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this is the adobe acrobat 7.0.0 preview in thumbnail view (65.20 KB, image/png)
2005-04-09 10:34 UTC, Joe
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this is the adobe acrobat 7.0.0 preview in list view (72.47 KB, image/png)
2005-04-09 10:36 UTC, Joe
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Description Joe 2005-04-09 10:28:59 UTC
The GSview 4.7 for windows has an ommition.If you go to:
start>>controlpanel>>add/remove programs and select the ghostscript it should 
have Click here for support information AND BY CLICKING THERE a window with 
title:Support Info ,SHOULD OPEN.THIS ALSO APPLIES TO THE AFDL Ghostscript 
Fonts.
Moreover the adobe acrobat has a preview feature not supplied in GSview 4.7 ,I 
shall try to attach some pictures of this.
Finally your program does not support ICC profiles 4 which means that images 
are displayed wrongly,see an online test found at: 
http://www.color.org/version4pdf.pdf (TO SEE IT OF COURSE YOUR PROGRAM MUST BE 
THE ONE THAT OPENS .pdf FILES).You will just need to extend the support to the 
ICC 4.
IF YOU USE OTHER COLOUR IMAGING SUCH AS THE APPLE COLORSYNC JUST MAKE THE .pdf 
TEST IMAGES TO BE DISPLAYED CORRECTLY.
ADOBE ACROBAT 7.0.0 SUPPORTS BOTH ICC 2 AND 4.
Comment 1 Joe 2005-04-09 10:30:44 UTC
Created attachment 1295 [details]
preview function of your program
Comment 2 Joe 2005-04-09 10:33:04 UTC
Created attachment 1296 [details]
preview in list view
Comment 3 Joe 2005-04-09 10:34:54 UTC
Created attachment 1297 [details]
this is the adobe acrobat 7.0.0 preview in thumbnail view
Comment 4 Joe 2005-04-09 10:36:12 UTC
Created attachment 1298 [details]
this is the adobe acrobat 7.0.0 preview in list view
Comment 5 Joe 2005-04-09 10:48:49 UTC
IN THE SECOND LINE WHERE I WRITE:select the ghostscript it should SHOULD BE 
CHANGED TO:select the GSview it should 
Comment 6 Russell Lang 2005-04-09 14:42:38 UTC
This are several bugs here, which would be better submitted as separate bugs:
1. Add/Remove Programs entry only removes application.  It does not have the 
entries to enable "Click here for support information".
There is talk of using NSIS instead of the GSview/ghostscript internal 
installer. This may be fixed at this stage.
2. Acrobat can display a thumbnail preview of the first page in Windows 
Explorer.  GSview does not do this.  Which version of Acrobat (distiller? 
reader?) and Windows does this?  XP with Acrobat 6 does not.  It is unlikely
that GSview will ever do this.
3. Ghostscript does not support ICC v4 profiles. This should be filed as a 
ghostscript bug, not GSview.

Because of the attachments, leave this bug as #2 above.  Please commit a 
ghostscript bug for #3.  I will look at fixing #1 in GSview.
Comment 7 Ray Johnston 2005-04-13 10:18:34 UTC
The ICC 4.1 support is now a separate bug 688036.
Comment 8 Hin-Tak Leung 2010-06-08 21:45:20 UTC
NSIS-based installer for ghostscript is Bug 691363 and progressing nicely and does have the "Click here for support information" feature.