If it's a garbage collection problem you'll have to complain to the JVM
maker. Without having a look to your code and/or the corrupted generated pdf
it's impossible to advance anything.

Best Regards,
Paulo Soares

> -----Original Message-----
> From: UCOP [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 3:54
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:      Re: [iText-questions] lowagie/iText rendering/display
> problem (objects getting corrupt??)
> 
> 
> Hello.  Here's a bit more information that I could clarify on.
> 
> A new PDF gets generated each time to a temporary file on the server, and
> this filename changes each time as well.  I can enter the URL to this temp
> file on several computers, the file will look the same on all the
> machines.  For this reason I don't believe it has to do with a corrupt
> cached file saved on the browser side.
> 
> The data I use to populate the PDF file is based off a very simple query
> to the database.  I have yet to experience a timeout problem that some
> have described.  The file loads completely and is rather small at around
> 12Kb.  
> 
> I've already checked the newsgroups and lowagie/iText related postings.
> 
> My best guess is that sometimes document.add() is not putting in the
> objects I want it to.  It's almost as if the object is getting clobbered
> by the garbage collector or somehow gets corrupted.  I'm not sure how this
> is.  I'm not even sure what's causing my problem.  Right now all I have is
> this guess.
> 
> Ideas appreciated.   Thanks.
> 
> Tommy Tam
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "UCOP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 03:23 PM
> Subject: [iText-questions] lowagie/iText rendering/display problem
> (objects getting corrupt??)
> 
> 
> > lowagie/iText rendering/display problem (objects getting corrupt??)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I have a problem in the resulting PDF generated using the lowagie/iText
> package.  I think the problem relates to the objects (PdfPCell, PdfPTable,
> Paragraph, Phrase) somehow getting corrupted or garbage collected BEFORE
> they get put into the document with document.add() .  This is just a
> guess.  Here is our setup, and our symptoms:
> > 
> > Setup
> > -----
> > * J2EE on Solaris
> > * Apache/IHS & WebSphere 3.5.5 Advanced Ed. (on Solaris)
> > * Netscape webserver & NetDynamics 5.0 (on Solaris)
> > * Both webservers and application servers are on the same machine
> > * We output the PDF into a temporary file, and then display the temp
> file in the browser.
> > 
> > 
> > Coding
> > ------
> > * We are using iText 0.80 from the website
> > * We are using PdfPTable and PdfPCell (instead of just Table and Cell)
> for our objects that we are putting into the document
> > 
> > 
> > Symptoms
> > --------
> > * When we click on the link to the cgi/servlet, the PDF that gets
> generated displays.  
> > * Repeatedly clicking the link results in PDFs that get generated that
> do NOT match (repeated clicks should produce IDENTICAL PDFs).
> > * The problem appears in both browsers, IE and NS.
> > * The problem also appears if you save the file in any browser and open
> in Acrobat (v4 or v5).
> > * There are NO errors displayed when the document is opened either in
> the browser, or in Acrobat itself.
> > 
> > Description
> > -----------
> > The PDF that gets generated appears to have corrupt text (constructed as
> a Phrase or Paragraph).  I am unsure how this is happening.  By corrupt I
> mean that the text I am programmatically adding to document.add() is not
> what is appear in the document!  That portion of the document can be
> blank, a streak of color, or anything other than what I tell it to be.
> The portion of the PDF that is not behaving correctly can CHANGE.  That
> is, this is not specifically limited to the header, the footer, or any
> specific portion of the document.  Unpredictably, some portion of the
> document gets corrupted in the resulting PDF.
> > 
> > What I can say is this: Each click should result in the same PDF that
> gets generated.  This is not always true.  With enough clicks I might be
> lucky enough to generate a "full" PDF without any objects corrupted.  It's
> almost as if the objects (PdfPCell, PdfPTable, Paragraph, Phrase, ...) I
> am creating and adding to the document are getting garbage collected or
> somehow corrupted!!!
> > 
> > Any help with this is greatly appreciated.  I am not sure how this is
> happening at all.  If there is any information I am missing or need
> clarification on, let me know.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Tommy Tam
> > 
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