[Bug 55852] New: can't print, even from notepad to pdf

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Bug ID: 55852
           Summary: can't print, even from notepad to pdf
           Product: Wine
           Version: 8.18
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 75360
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=75360
output from notepad, printing to CUPS-PDF with option "[X] Print to file"
checked

My wine is packed within the OpenSuse Tumbleweed distribution. I realized I was
not able to print from my custom application which has always worked. In the
past, printing from the custom application worked - it simply uses the
appropriate windows call, and nothing changed in the way printing is
implemented there. In the meantime, I only updated wine through distribution
updates.

Then I tried notepad. Printing to CUPS printers - which do work otherwise -
fails. Sending a print output to a connected printer does not even create an
entry in the print queue. Also, I installed the cups-pdf printer and tried to
print to a file. The output is attached but the postscript does not render
anything else than an empty page.

[Bug 55852] can't print, even from notepad to pdf

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Fabian Maurer  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Fabian Maurer  ---
cups pdf seems to be working fine for me, I can print from notepad. wine 8.19
on Arch

[Bug 55852] can't print, even from notepad to pdf

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--- Comment #2 from [e-mail] ---
With version 8.18, I have tried to print text from notepad as a freshly created
testuser; it worked, the text was successfully sent to the printer.

Then I updated to 8.19, after which the printing from notepad for that testuser
account stopped working, too (which was perhaps not linked to the version
update).

I created another account and was able to print from notepad... but only once.
When I restarted notepad, again, printing no longer works.

It seems therefore that printing is possible only once from an account which
has not printed before.

[Bug 55852] can't print, even from notepad to pdf

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--- Comment #3 from Fabian Maurer  ---
Did you try a clean WINEPREFIX? I also had print issues right now, but a clean
WINEPREFIX seemed to have fixed it.

[Bug 55852] can't print, even from notepad to pdf

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--- Comment #4 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Fabian Maurer from comment #3)
> Did you try a clean WINEPREFIX? I also had print issues right now, but a
> clean WINEPREFIX seemed to have fixed it.

As you suggested, I have tried that. The result is essentially the same as
before: notepad will print only after the first run on a clean WINEPREFIX. 
Stopping and restarting notepad is sufficient for the printing to stop working.
Clearing the WINEPREFIX directory restores the print functionality again.

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Bernhard Übelacker  changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Bernhard Übelacker  ---
I could reproduce the issue with notepad with the following steps:
- Create fresh wineprefix
- Start notepad once, enter some text, print to the cups PDF printer.
  This creates a PDF with the entered text and the page footer.
- Close notepad.
  This stores a value iPointSize=0x5a to the registry.
- Start notepad a second time.
  This reads the iPointSize=0x5a from registry.
  Unfortunately the main window is not yet created, therefore GetDpiForWindow
  returns 0, which makes Globals.lfFont.lfHeight being 0 too.
- Entering some text now and printing to the cups PDF printer
  produces now just a PDF containing one empty page.

For this issue I created this MR:
https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/4442

But this should not affect other "custom applications",
except if they query the notepad configuration.

[Bug 55852] can't print, even from notepad to pdf

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--- Comment #6 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Bernhard Übelacker from comment #5)
> I could reproduce the issue with notepad with the following steps:
> - Create fresh wineprefix
> - Start notepad once, enter some text, print to the cups PDF printer.
> This creates a PDF with the entered text and the page footer.
> - Close notepad.
> This stores a value iPointSize=0x5a to the registry.
> - Start notepad a second time.
> This reads the iPointSize=0x5a from registry.
> Unfortunately the main window is not yet created, therefore GetDpiForWindow
> returns 0, which makes Globals.lfFont.lfHeight being 0 too.
> - Entering some text now and printing to the cups PDF printer
> produces now just a PDF containing one empty page.
>
> For this issue I created this MR:
> https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/4442
>
> But this should not affect other "custom applications",
> except if they query the notepad configuration.

Thank you for confirming the behavior of notepad I noticed. Obviously, you are
right that this can hardly affect other applications, so I think that this bug
issue can be closed. In the meantime, an inquiry into the reasons of my
printing problems has shown other problems in the code which do not seem quite
easy to pinpoint yet. If I am able to advance further, I will file another bug
report.

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--- Comment #7 from Bernhard Übelacker  ---
(In reply to kadlecf from comment #6)
> Thank you for confirming the behavior of notepad I noticed. Obviously, you
> are right that this can hardly affect other applications, so I think that
> this bug issue can be closed. In the meantime, an inquiry into the reasons
> of my printing problems has shown other problems in the code which do not
> seem quite easy to pinpoint yet. If I am able to advance further, I will
> file another bug report.

Thanks, the merge request got commited, maybe you can check with the patch
or with the wine release, and if notepad works as expected change this
bug to resolved fixed, as I don't have permission to.

https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/commit/feda122578890c28d3b02bed1c4d9ec...

[Bug 55852] can't print, even from notepad to pdf

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--- Comment #8 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Bernhard Übelacker from comment #7)
> (In reply to kadlecf from comment #6)
> > Thank you for confirming the behavior of notepad I noticed. Obviously, you
> > are right that this can hardly affect other applications, so I think that
> > this bug issue can be closed. In the meantime, an inquiry into the reasons
> > of my printing problems has shown other problems in the code which do not
> > seem quite easy to pinpoint yet. If I am able to advance further, I will
> > file another bug report.
>
> Thanks, the merge request got commited, maybe you can check with the patch
> or with the wine release, and if notepad works as expected change this
> bug to resolved fixed, as I don't have permission to.
>
> https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/commit/
> feda122578890c28d3b02bed1c4d9ec91098f05b

Sorry, but as a simple wine user I do not know how to apply the patch. It would
be easier for me to wait until the patch is included in the next release, is
that OK?

[Bug 55852] can't print, even from notepad to pdf

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--- Comment #9 from Bernhard Übelacker  ---
(In reply to kadlecf from comment #8)
> > Thanks, the merge request got commited, maybe you can check with the patch
> > or with the wine release, and if notepad works as expected change this
> > bug to resolved fixed, as I don't have permission to.
> Sorry, but as a simple wine user I do not know how to apply the patch. It
> would be easier for me to wait until the patch is included in the next
> release, is that OK?

Sorry, that was my mistake, I wanted to write "or with the next wine release".

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--- Comment #10 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Bernhard Übelacker from comment #9)
> (In reply to kadlecf from comment #8)
> > > Thanks, the merge request got commited, maybe you can check with the patch
> > > or with the wine release, and if notepad works as expected change this
> > > bug to resolved fixed, as I don't have permission to.
> > Sorry, but as a simple wine user I do not know how to apply the patch. It
> > would be easier for me to wait until the patch is included in the next
> > release, is that OK?
>
> Sorry, that was my mistake, I wanted to write "or with the next wine
> release".

I see, OK. I will check, it should be the 8.21 release if I am correct.

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--- Comment #11 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to kadlecf from comment #10)
> (In reply to Bernhard Übelacker from comment #9)
> > (In reply to kadlecf from comment #8)
> > > > Thanks, the merge request got commited, maybe you can check with the patch
> > > > or with the wine release, and if notepad works as expected change this
> > > > bug to resolved fixed, as I don't have permission to.
> > > Sorry, but as a simple wine user I do not know how to apply the patch. It
> > > would be easier for me to wait until the patch is included in the next
> > > release, is that OK?
> >
> > Sorry, that was my mistake, I wanted to write "or with the next wine
> > release".
>
> I see, OK. I will check, it should be the 8.21 release if I am correct.

After an update, in my wine-8.21, the bug is resolved indeed.

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[e-mail] changed:

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--- Comment #12 from [e-mail] ---
After an update, in my wine-8.21, the bug is resolved indeed.

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Alexandre Julliard  changed:

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--- Comment #13 from Alexandre Julliard  ---
Closing bugs fixed in 9.0-rc1.