The pdf is a 0 length file. There's probably no point in attaching it.
Thanks. What next?
Dan
robert engels wrote:
> Why don't you attach the pdf file?
>
> On Dec 28, 2006, at 6:21 PM, Daniel Essin wrote:
>
>>
>> Daniel Essin wrote:
>> OK let me start over again. I was reading the dump incorrectly and the
>> first byte is a %
>>
>> So all I have is the problem that the code produces a stream that,
>> when
>> received by acrobat, results in a message that says "File does not
>> begin
>> with '%PDF-'."
>>
>> This is the code:
>> HttpResponse resp = this.Response;
>> Document document = new Document();
>> System.IO.MemoryStream baos = new MemoryStream();
>> PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, baos);
>> resp.AppendHeader("Content-Length", baos.Length.ToString());
>> document.Open();
>> document.Add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
>> document.Add(new Paragraph(DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()));
>> document.Close();
>> resp.ContentType = "application/pdf";
>> resp.Write(baos.ToArray());
>> resp.Flush();
>>
>>
>>> Daniel Essin wrote:
>>> I'll try putting these at the top.
>>>
>>> I think I figured out how to set the content length:
>>> resp.AppendHeader("Content-Length", baos.Length.ToString());
>>>
>>> Acrobat still complains that the data it is receiving does not begin
>>> with %PDF-
>>>
>>> The dump of the byte array still says it begins
>>> with 7PDF-
>>>
>>> Help, please,
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>> Paulo Soares wrote:
>>>>> Don't forget to set the content length.
>>>>>
>>>>> Paulo
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Daniel Essin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> To: <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 10:31 PM
>>>>> Subject: [iText-questions] ByteArrayOutputStream
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to use iTextSharp to work through the examples in
>>>>>> Chapter 17 of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> book. The first example worked perfectly. The second example of
>>>>>> writing to
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> response object through a ByteArrayOutputStream fails. It fails
>>>>>> because
>>>>>> Acrobat
>>>>>> complains that the stream should begin %PDF-.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By examining the contents of the stream in the debugger, the
>>>>>> reason
>>>>>> becomes
>>>>>> clear. The first character of the stream is a 7 instead of a %.
>>>>>> I have no
>>>>>> clue
>>>>>> why and would appreciate some guidance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The code is:
>>>>>> HttpResponse resp = this.Response;
>>>>>> Document document = new Document();
>>>>>> System.IO.MemoryStream baos = new MemoryStream();
>>>>>> PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, baos);
>>>>>> document.Open();
>>>>>> document.Add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
>>>>>> document.Add(new
>>>>>> Paragraph(DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()));
>>>>>> document.Close();
>>>>>> resp.ContentType = "application/pdf";
>>>>>> resp.Write(baos.ToArray());
>>>>>> resp.Flush();
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>> Dan Essin
>>>>>>
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>>>> Sorry for being a bit dense but - could you please give me a hint
>>>> as to
>>>> the property name? I can't find any property of resp called
>>>> content length/
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>>
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