I would emphasise that this is not a bug related to Evolution. I think it will be the same whatever mail client is used, if the mail client responds to a call from LO in Writer. After all, the bug was there in Windows XP with OpenOffice.org, when I last looked.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433563 Title: [Upstream] Base Report "E-Mail as PDF" gives error instead of opening Evolution Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: Confirmed Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Unknown Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.10 Release: 11.10 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-base libreoffice-base: Installed: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages 3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Base via the Terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/433563/+attachment/2409961/+files/Test-A.odb && lobase -nologo Test-A.odb Reports -> secondary click TelNos -> Open -> File -> Send -> E-Mail as PDF... -> PDF options window -> Export button is Evolution opens with the report attached in PDF format. What happens instead is an error message is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/433563/+attachment/732492/+files /Screenshot-OpenOffice.org%203.0%20.png . This does not occur if the same is done in Writer. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.0.1-9ubuntu3 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: openoffice.org Tags: ubuntu-unr Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/433563/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp