Customized Entry Preview creates empty PDF

[alfureu]

JabRef 5.0--2020-03-06--2e6f433
Windows 10 10.0 amd64
Java 13.0.2

• I have tested the latest development version from http://builds.jabref.org/master/ and the problem persists

Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

1. Define a custom Preview style in Entry Preview
2. Right-click on Entry Preview and hit Print Entry Preview
3. The created PDF file is empty

[k1pfel]

Thanks for your issue, but there are some problem during my reproduce procedure - How did you define a customized preview style in Entry Preview tab inside "Preference"? And if you have correctly set the style of that preview?

[alfureu]

I defined customized entry in the tab: JabRef Preferences >> Entry Preview >> select 'Preview' >> select 'Edit'

Here, I have a customized preview:

<font face="Lucida Sans">
<font size="4"><b>\begin{title} \format[HTMLChars]{\title} \end{title}</b><BR>
<table cellpadding="15%" width="85%" border="0">
	<tr valign="top">
	<td width="50%">
        <font color="grey">
	<font size="2">
            <p class=infobiblio>
                \begin{author} \format[Authors(LastFirst,MiddleInitial,NoPeriod,And,Comma,inf,EtAl- et al.,Oxford),HTMLChars]{\author}<BR>\end{author}
                \begin{journal} <em>\format[HTMLChars]{\journal}, </em>\end{journal}
                \begin{booktitle} <em>\format[HTMLChars]{\booktitle}, </em>\end{booktitle}
                \begin{school} \format[HTMLChars]{\school}, \end{school}
                \begin{institution} \format[HTMLChars]{\institution}, \end{institution}
                \begin{publisher} \format[HTMLChars]{\publisher}, \end{publisher}
                \begin{year}<b>\year</b>\end{year}\begin{chapter}, Ch\format[HTMLChars]{\chapter}\end{chapter}, \begin{volume}<i> \volume</i>\end{volume}\begin{pages}, \format[FormatPagesForHTML]{\pages} \end{pages}</BR>
            </p>
            <p class=infolinks>
                \begin{doi}<b>DOI:</b> <a href="\format[DOICheck]{\doi}" target="_blank">\format[DOIStrip,HTMLChars]{\doi}<br> </a>\end{doi}
            </p>
            <p class=infodata>
                \begingroup{file}\begin{file} <a href="\format[WrapFileLinks(\r,,pdf)]{\file}" target="_blank">PDF</a>\end{file}\endgroup{file}<BR>
                <a name="\bibtexkey">\begin{bibtexkey} \bibtexkey</a>\end{bibtexkey} (\bibtextype)<BR>
            </p>
            <p class=keyword>
                \begingroup{keywords} <font color="#800000">\format[HTMLChars]{\keywords} \endgroup{keywords}<BR>
		<font color="grey">
		\begin{url} <a href="\format{\url}" target="_blank">\url<br> </a>\end{url}
            </p>
            <p class=review>
                \begin{review}<BR><BR><b>Notes: </b> \format[HTMLChars]{\review} \end{review}</dd>
            </p>
        </font>
	</td>
	<td width="50%">
		<font color="black">
		<font size="2">
	    <p class=abstract>
        	\begin{abstract}<BR><BR><b>Abstract: </b> \format[HTMLChars]{\abstract} \end{abstract}
	    </p>
	</td>
	</tr>
</table>

Now, if you go back to the entry table, and you have selected the customized 'Preview', you right-click on the Preview and select 'Print Entry Preview'. The resulting PDF is empty.

[k1pfel]

It seems that I am unable to reproduce this bug.. I follow that instructions and a PDF file with content inside is generated.

[alfureu]

Yup, it seems to be fixed since when I reported it. Closing.