As far as we can tell here, the problem is NOT Acrobat but the Windows OS and your browser of choice.
Trying this on Mac OS X or with different browser (aka other than IE 6) or with Vista yield no such problems. Leonard Rosenthol Adobe Systems On Oct 8, 2007, at 5:25 AM, Harakiri wrote: > Im wondering why nobody has replied to this issue yet > within the last week. Is nobody using URL Links in PDF > messages ? > > Anyone from Adobe on this list who could point out the > issue to their own development team ? > > I now have to create a service similary to tinyurl.com > to create redirects for URLs which are to long... > > > --- Harakiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> i found out that Adobe introduced a bug with Reader >> 7 >> and 8. Every URL annotation you create with more >> then >> 233 characters will produce a "error communicating >> with web-browser", the url you click within a PDF >> document will not be opened. >> >> This doesnt seem to be an itext issue as i can >> reproduce it with Acrobat 8 Professional. >> >> Just take the following example : >> >> > http://itext.ugent.be/library/com/lowagie/examples/objects/anchors/ > AHref.java >> >> and use an url longer then 233 characters. >> >> i.e. 234 characters : >> >> > http://www.google.com/search? > q=11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 > 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 > 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 >> >> The link will open successfully in Adobe Reader 6 >> but >> not in 7 and 8 - no matter what external Browser you >> use. I tested this on multiple machines with >> firefox/internet explorer as default browser - Adobe >> Reader always returned this error. >> >> I looked up the PDF Reference and there was no >> indication for a maximum URI length, which leads me >> to >> believe that this is Adobes fault not following >> their >> own standard. >> >> Anyone has any experience with this ? >> >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ >> Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small >> Business gives you all the tools to get online. >> http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio >> 2005. >> > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> iText-questions mailing list >> [email protected] >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions >> Buy the iText book: >> http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ >> > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s > user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/ > yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
