[SOLVED] - Unable to link to pdf files using the WYSIWYG editor

[hellsgate]

Hey folks,

I'm adding a page which has a list of pdf files which can be downloaded.  I've added all the pdf files using the file manager and they are all where they should be (/up;oads/ directory).  However, these files are not showing in the 'CMSMadeSimple File Selection' dialog box when I try to add them as a link in the WYSIWYG editor.  I can see images I've uploaded in this dialog and can link to them, so I'm not sure what is going on.  Obviously I can add the link in the non-WYSIWYG editor, but this wouldn't be any good for my end user.

I'm using CMS-MS ver 1.3.1 (havana); php ver 5.2.5; MySQL ver 5.0.51a-community-nt; apache ver 2.2.8 and WinXP SP2

[hellsgate]

The problem here was that TinyMCE was looking for only images.  I simply changed the file modules/TinyMCE/filepicker.php to allow .pdf files as well.

[jospanner]

Do you find the access for TINY MCE via the file structure or via the cms back end settings? Am having same problems. Thanks.

[sam_butler]

He's referring to the file structure. In your root you should have a "modules" folder. From there, navigate to "TinyMCE" and open the file "filepicker.php." I think if you do a search for "png" you should land at the conditional statement where it checks for image file types. I'm not sure what the OP changed but you could play with that.

[hellsgate]

sam_butler is correct.  The actual line i changed in this file was line 70.  I changed it from this:
if ($file["ext"]!=".jpg" && $file["ext"]!=".gif" && $file["ext"]!=".png") continue;

to this:
if ($file["ext"]!=".jpg" && $file["ext"]!=".gif" && $file["ext"]!=".png" && $file["ext"]!=".pdf") continue;

so that I could see .pdf files

[blaw]

Thanks, hellsgate. This one had me scratching my head, too. Your fix took care of it.

[l1nda]

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! i was having this prob and it was killing me but your solution was perfect! 

[stopsatgreen]

Seems to be an error in 2.4.0; I just upgraded to 2.4.2 and it resolved the problem.