I should clarify this limit. The pages (the references, that is) in PDF are stored in a tree of arrays. In iText that tree is a single array. As Acrobat has an implementation limit of 8192 element per array, hence the limitation. iText will generate as many page as you want but Acrobat may not be able to open the document. It's no big deal to make a proper tree, I'll try to have it ready next week. Note however that there's a PDF size limitation in iText of 2G and that will not change.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares > -----Original Message----- > From: Javier Castanon [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 13:24 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [iText-questions] More than 8192 pages > > Hi to everybody! > > I read a comment made by Paulo Soares, regarding an "artificial limit" > in iText, that is 8192 pages as maximum PDF file size, given that > Acrobat could not handle a larger file. He also pointed out the > possibility of extend it. > > http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=1800319 > > Currently our customer wants to see reports up to 50,000 pages > generated. No excuses. He's been generating reports up to 5,000 pages > without problem. We've started talks to negotiate this number. However, > it's almost for sure that we'll have to support very large reports. > And quickly. :-O > > One strategy of course is to break down the report into smaller chunks, > and we already started working around the clock the development of the > logic necesary to carry out this task. > > Nevertheless we want to experiment generating very large reports. We'll > thank any advice to this respect. Our findings are being published at > http://www.lucidees.com/~javiercv/jr-large-pdf.html , and of course the > lists where we're getting your valuable help. > > Thanks in advance. > > Javier > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
