1782076 - 102.0.3 select Address Book > Print does not print all data if contact edited or added as new contact

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, defect)

Description

[Anje]

Windows 10 OS
Thunderbird 102.0.3

Actual :

• Open 'Address Book'
• Select an address book
• click on 3 dots and select 'Print'
  • Contact data shows name, display name and email address if I have edited any part of that contact since updating to 102*
  • Contact data shows all stored information for any contact provided I have not edited since update.

Expected :

• Open 'Address Book'
• Select an address book
• click on 3 dots and select 'Print'
  • Contact data shows all information for any contact

A problem was reported by a user in the Thunderbird Support Forum regarding the lack of contact data available to print.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1384188
I tested issue and can confirm the above.

To further confirm issue -

• Select contact - someone who has address tel number, organisation etc etc data - all data displayed in print.
• click on 'Edit'
• Add some additional info or make a minor edit.
• click on 'Save'

The do the 'print'

• Open 'Address Book'
• Select an address book
• click on 3 dots and select 'Print'
  • result - person I had edited was no longer showing much data for the print - name, display name and email address only.

There is a problem - if you edit any contact after updating to 102 *, the amount of data displayed in the 'print' for that contact will reduce to name, display name and email address only. All new contacts have same problem.

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

https://searchfox.org/comm-central/rev/c3ce3ef1560a162a1a8f30a0133485412cac13db/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAbCardProperty.cpp#701
It doesn't look trivial to get that understanding the vCard properties... :/
The whole approach to printing seems very odd to say the least. Why aren't we generating a normal html document?

Comment 3

[Geoff Lankow (:darktrojan)]

Attachment: Bug 1782076 - Rebuild and freshen up Address Book printing. r=aleca

Removes the old way of generating content to print and replaces it with the same code that generates the on-screen display.

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/8517aceeaaf7
Rebuild and freshen up Address Book printing. r=aleca

Comment 5

[Geoff Lankow (:darktrojan)]

Comment on attachment 9295230 [details]
Bug 1782076 - Rebuild and freshen up Address Book printing. r=aleca

[Approval Request Comment]
Regression caused by (bug #):
User impact if declined: address book printing sucks
Testing completed (on c-c, etc.): new on Daily this week
Risk to taking this patch (and alternatives if risky): some, I guess, but we're unlikely to find problems without a bigger audience

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Comment on attachment 9295230 [details]
Bug 1782076 - Rebuild and freshen up Address Book printing. r=aleca

[Triage Comment]
Approved for beta

Comment 7

[Daniel Darnell [:dandarnell]]

Thunderbird 106.0b2:
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/comm-beta/rev/0291921574b9

Comment 8

[Geoff Lankow (:darktrojan)]

Comment on attachment 9295230 [details]
Bug 1782076 - Rebuild and freshen up Address Book printing. r=aleca

[Approval Request Comment]
Regression caused by (bug #):
User impact if declined: address book printing sucks
Testing completed (on c-c, etc.): in 106.0b2
Risk to taking this patch (and alternatives if risky): small

Comment 9

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Comment on attachment 9295230 [details]
Bug 1782076 - Rebuild and freshen up Address Book printing. r=aleca

[Triage Comment]
Approved for esr102

Comment 10

[Rob Lemley [:rjl]]

Thunderbird 102.4.0:
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/comm-esr102/rev/62502fe9d73e