Re: gb.desktop trouble

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 27/08/2025 à 12:54, gbWilly a écrit :
> Not long ago I migrated my projects from 3.18.4 to 3.19.6 in a 
> production environment.
> I have a piece of code that created a pdf (using gb.cairo) and nexts 
> opens is using:
> Desktop.Open(sPathPdf)
>
> This has always worked, but now it gave an error asking for gb.dbus, so 
> I installed it.
> Next, no more error but this:
>
> DesktopOpen.png
>
> I don't want this crap appearing for users, just want to open pdf and show.
> Now, none of above suggestions shows me a pdf viewer although my system 
> should know what to use.
>
> Desktop2.png
>
> How to I solve this that user just get's what always was, no dialogs, 
> just an opened pdf.
>
> gbWilly
>
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> Gambas3 for Debian/Ubuntu <https://gitlab.com/gbWilly/gambas3-debian- 
> repository>
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>
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This comes from the desktop portals, created for Flatpak and Wayland.

Set 'Desktop.UsePortal = False' to not use this "crap" (lol).

https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.desktop/desktop/useportal

This will be the default in the next stable version, as these desktop 
portals are annoying and not reliable.

Regards,

--
Benoît Minisini.