Your byte array must have exactly the same size as the input file, in this
case it must be 24895 bytes long not 32000.
Best Regards,
Paulo Soares
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Simoes [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 13:40
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [iText-questions] PdfReader(byte[] pdfIn) constructor
>
> Hi,
>
> I have an application where I must combine multiple pdf files into a
> single pdf.
> The pdfs are retrieved from an Oracle table that stores the files as
> BLOBs. I
> read each file into a byte[] which is then placed into a Vector. I
> modified the
> "concat.java" program found at your site to handle the concatenation of
> the
> files by passing in the Vector of byte arrays.
>
> I receive an error each time I try to use the PdfReader constructor with
> the
> byte[] parameter. Below is a sample piece of code that throws the same
> exception. This example is different from what I described above but it
> throws
> the same exception: "java.io.IOException: PDF startxref not found." This
> is
> strange because the number of bytes read in exactly matches the number of
> bytes
> in the file.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Joe
>
>
> package test.servlets;
>
> import javax.servlet.*;
> import javax.servlet.http.*;
> import java.io.*;
> import java.util.*;
> import com.lowagie.text.*;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.*;
>
> public class TestPdfReader extends HttpServlet {
>
> public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
> response) {
> byte buf[] = new byte[32000];
> int readLength = 0;
> StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
>
> try {
> // This file contains 24,845 bytes (not encrypted)
> FileInputStream in = new
> FileInputStream("c:\\junk\\test.pdf");
>
> // The file is smaller than the buffer so I know I can read it
> // in without looping through the FileInputStream
> readLength = in.read(buf, 0, buf.length);
> message.append("# of bytes read: " + readLength + "<BR>");
>
> // Can't get past this line
> PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(buf);
>
> // If I get here then everything is ok
> message.append("reached the end, no exceptions thrown");
> }
> catch (Exception e){
> message.append(e.toString());
> }
>
> try {
> response.setContentType("text/html");
> java.io.PrintWriter out = new
> java.io.PrintWriter(response.getOutputStream());
> out.println(message);
> out.flush();
> } catch (Exception e){
> log(e.toString());
> }
> }
> }
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Take your first step towards giving
> your online business a competitive advantage. Test-drive a Thawte SSL
> certificate - our easy online guide will show you how. Click here to get
> started: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0027en
> _______________________________________________
> iText-questions mailing list
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Take your first step towards giving
your online business a competitive advantage. Test-drive a Thawte SSL
certificate - our easy online guide will show you how. Click here to get
started: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0027en
_______________________________________________
iText-questions mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
