Desn't CopyPdf.java work? It's a general purpose appender that uses PdfCopy.java.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Langford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 19:09 Subject: Re: [iText-questions] serious problem concatenating pdfs together > Paulo, > > Thanks for your prompt reply. I am now trying to write a general > purpose pdf appender using PdfCopy.java which will will allow an > abitrary number of pdf appends. However I'm having trouble with > 'PdfCopy.getImportedPage'. It doesn't seem to work after the first > reader. I'm looking at the source now and trying to figure it out. Do > I need to reset or increment something inbetween readers? Anyone have > any insight into this? > > Thanks! > Sean Langford > > > Paulo Soares wrote: > > >It may be a problem of too many nested templates. Each time a concat is > made > >each page is inserted as a template. If you have two concats than > you'll > >have a template inside a template and so on. Did you try with > CopyPdf.java? > >Here the pages are copied without using templates and you get the links > and > >fields as a bonus. > > > >Best Regards, > >Paulo Soares > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Sean Langford [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 19:57 > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: [iText-questions] serious problem concatenating pdfs > >>together > >> > >>Hello! > >> > >>I'm having some problems printing various pdfs which have had several > >>other pdfs concatenated to it. This can be reproduced using itext's > >>Concat example/utility as so: > >> > >>java Concat a.pdf src1.pdf src2.pdf; > >>java Concat b.pdf a.pdf src3.pdf; > >>java Concat c.pdf b.pdf src4.pdf; > >>java Concat d.pdf c.pdf src5.pdf; > >>java Concat e.pdf d.pdf src6.pdf; > >>java Concat f.pdf e.pdf src7.pdf; > >>java Concat g.pdf f.pdf src8.pdf; > >>java Concat h.pdf g.pdf src9.pdf; > >>java Concat i.pdf h.pdf src10.pdf; > >>java Concat j.pdf i.pdf src11.pdf; > >>java Concat k.pdf j.pdf src12.pdf; > >>java Concat l.pdf k.pdf src13.pdf; > >>java Concat m.pdf l.pdf src14.pdf; > >>java Concat n.pdf m.pdf src15.pdf; > >>java Concat o.pdf n.pdf src16.pdf; > >>java Concat final1.pdf o.pdf src17.pdf; > >> > >>Using itext to concatenate pdfs in this way sometimes results in a pdf > > >>which can be viewed, but cannot be printed. Each source file > >>individually is a valid pdf which is viewable and printable. The > number > >>of documents appended seems to matter; if any of the source files are > >>omitted, the resulting pdf file will print normally. Also: opening > this > >>file in Acrobat 4 and making a trivial change and then saving seems to > > >>'fix' the file making it printable. > >> > >>This behavior is repeatable in acrobat 4, 5, 5.1 and gv on windows and > > >>linux using several different printers. Strangely there is no error > >>from the OS, the printer or the pdf viewer when trying to print. > >> > >>However, if I take these pdfs and Concat them like so: > >> > >>java Concat final2.pdf src1.pdf src2.pdf src3.pdf src4.pdf src5.pdf \ > >>src6.pdf src7.pdf src8.pdf src9.pdf src10.pdf src11.pdf src12.pdf \ > >>src13.pdf src14.pdf src15.pdf src16.pdf src17.pdf > >> > >>the resultant 'final2.pdf' is *smaller*, views identically, and prints > > >>normally. > >> > >>I've posted the set of files which causes this failure on my website: > >> > >>http://seanlangford.com/PdfConcatBlues.zip > >> > >>Anyone have any experience or insight on what might be causing this? > Is > >>this a pdf limitation, or a bug in itext? > >> > >>Thanks! > >> > >>Sean Langford > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------- > >>This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > >>SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > >>http://www.vasoftware.com > >>_______________________________________________ > >>iText-questions mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > >> > >> > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > >SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > >http://www.vasoftware.com > >_______________________________________________ > >iText-questions mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
