For reference, the goofy generator was:
PDFsharp 0.8.1
It has probably been corrected in later releases, but the problem
will be encountered as the files still exist, and always will...
FYI, I have developed some PDF viewer software, and I use iText at
times to check my compliance. I also work on another project that
uses iText for PDF generation.
There are MANY pdf generators that do not generate pdfs that agree
with the specification. It is amazing.
On Dec 28, 2006, at 1:20 PM, Paulo Soares wrote:
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From: "robert engels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Post all your questions about iText here"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 6:18 PM
Subject: [iText-questions] PRTokenizer too restrictive
line 199 of PRTokenizer
int idx = str.indexOf("%PDF-1.");
is unnecessarily restrictive. We have encountered otherwise valid
PDFs (that Adobe Reader is able to open).
Valid, no, broken. Just because Acrobat can open them doesn't make
them
valid. The "validity" also changes according to the Acrobat version
you use
to open the file.
The line can be changed to
int idx = str.indexOf("%PDF-");
with no adverse affects.
Why not? iText has already a lot of hacks to open broken files.
We have found some PDF generation software that uses a %PDF-0.0
I would like to know what crappy software does that. Don't they
read the
specifications?
Paulo
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