From bd25f6be9493cd918b27b78c2c50304d8a4dfafc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Wu <rob@robwu.nl>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 01:28:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Load file:-URLs in the main thread.

QtWebKit does not support file:-URLs in Web Workers.
To solve this issue, I'm loading file:-URLs in the main thread
for generic builds. file:-URLs load relatively quick, so there
is no need for sophisticated load progress notifications.
---
 web/viewer.js | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/web/viewer.js b/web/viewer.js
index 1be81e02c..adb08692f 100644
--- a/web/viewer.js
+++ b/web/viewer.js
@@ -1952,6 +1952,28 @@ function webViewerInitialized() {
 //return;
 //#endif
 
+//#if GENERIC
+  if (file && file.lastIndexOf('file:', 0) === 0) {
+    // file:-scheme. Load the contents in the main thread because QtWebKit
+    // cannot load file:-URLs in a Web Worker. file:-URLs are usually loaded
+    // very quickly, so there is no need to set up progress event listeners.
+    PDFView.setTitleUsingUrl(file);
+    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    xhr.onload = function() {
+      PDFView.open(new Uint8Array(xhr.response), 0);
+    };
+    try {
+      xhr.open('GET', file);
+      xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
+      xhr.send();
+    } catch (e) {
+      PDFView.error(mozL10n.get('loading_error', null,
+            'An error occurred while loading the PDF.'), e);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+//#endif
+
 //#if !B2G && !CHROME
   if (file) {
     PDFView.open(file, 0);