What I meant was that an error could occur and an exception could be thrown. If you catch the error and don't write a message to the output stream, you get a blank browser window.
Exceptions do not have to happen every time. It could be something as simple as a db query timeout that never allows your FO to be generated. Charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: Thorsten Scherler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 4:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: blank screen in browser > > > But he wrote: > > 1% or so of my user population > > cannot get the pdf > > Cox, Charlie wrote: > > could an exception be occurring that prevents anything from > being written to > > the output stream? This would cause a blank screen. Check > your server's log > > files. > > > > then I guess it would be 100% > > > Charlie > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Zahigian, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 1:59 PM > >>To: 'fop-dev@xml.apache.org'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > >>Subject: blank screen in browser > >> > >> > >>I am using FOP embedded in a Servlet. Users trigger the > >>servlet by clicking > >>a button on a web page. The servlet then takes the response > >>and performs a > >>transformation and renders to pdf. The browser pops up a new > >>window and > >>displays the pdf output. 1% or so of my user population > >>cannot get the pdf > >>to display in the browser window that pops up (or any other > >>browser window). > >>These users can open pdf files that exist on their local > >>machine. When > >>these users click the print button on my web page, the new > >>browser window > >>pops up, but the contents are blank. Any idea what is going on? > >> > >>Mike Z. > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
