This is a problem with PdfSmartCopy. Use PdfCopy until the problem is
fixed.
Paulo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bo Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 5:48 AM
> To: Paulo Soares
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] strange problem with
> concatenation and pantone
>
> thanks, paulo.
>
> i hope it is ok to mail you them, since i'd rather not have
> these PDFs put in a public forum (although any discussions
> about the bug/solution certainly belong in the mailing list.)
> thanks for your understanding.
>
> in the attached, the pdf* files all look great. when these
> are concat'd together into book*.pdf, note that the pantone
> box at the top of each page becomes a uniform color.
>
> this only happens with pantone sources; rgb works great, for
> example. but i need these to be pantone colors.
>
> thanks for taking the time to look. this has caused me no
> small amount of grief. :-)
>
> -Bo
>
>
>
> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 09:34:20 -0000
> From: "Paulo Soares" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] strange problem with concatenation and
> pantone
>
>
> That's very strange. Post a link to the pdf files so that the
> problem can be
> reproduced.
>
> Paulo
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bo Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: < [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]> >
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 7:25 AM
> Subject: [iText-questions] strange problem with concatenation
> and pantone
>
>
> > i'm seeing some strange behavior with concatenation.
> >
> > i have individual PDF files (1-2 pages each) that have a
> pantone-colored
> > box
> > in the header of the page. these individual PDF files look great.
> >
> > i then use iText (java) to concatenate them into a single
> PDF via the
> > prescribed concatenate technique (adapted from the
> > Concatenate.javaexample.) this works well except for one problem:
> > all of the pages' header
> > boxes "inherit" the color of the box on whatever is the
> first page in the
> > sequence.
> >
> > so, if i have 3 single-page PDF files with pantone-colored
> rectangles in
> > the
> > header:
> >
> > 1. blue box
> > 2. orange box
> > 3. brown box
> >
> > those 3 PDF files look perfect. after concatenation, one
> would obviously
> > expect the same sequence, but all 3 would be blue. (or
> whatever the color
> > is of PDF #1). everything else about the pages (text,
> fonts, layout,
> > EVERYTHING) is perfect. only that rectangular pantone box
> has the wrong
> > color -- a valid color, not a random one or
> not-quite-the-right-shade
> > color,
> > just the one belonging to page #1 for all pages.
> >
> > i haven't been able to find any documentation that
> describes anything
> > different that needs to be done to handle concatenation when pantone
> > colors
> > are involved. i've tried some variations (with/without
> smart-copy, etc)
> > to
> > no avail.
> >
> > any ideas?
> >
> > thanks much!
> >
> > =====================
> >
> > public int concatenatePdf(List<File> pdfList, File
> destPdfFile, boolean
> > makeEven) {
> > int pageCount = 0;
> > if (pdfList == null) {
> > return pageCount;
> > }
> >
> > // concatenate into single PDF
> > Document document = null;
> > PdfCopy writer = null;
> > for (File srcFile : pdfList) {
> > // open the source for reading
> > PdfReader reader = getPdfReader(srcFile);
> > if (reader != null) {
> >
> > // prepare the destination for writing
> > if (document == null) {
> > document = new
> Document(reader.getPageSizeWithRotation
> > (1));
> > try {
> > writer = new PdfSmartCopy(document, new
> > FileOutputStream(destPdfFile));
> > } catch (Throwable e) {
> > log.error("unable to write to output
> pdf: " +
> > destPdfFile.getPath() + ":", e);
> > return 0;
> > }
> > document.open();
> > }
> >
> > // concatenate pages, ignore form fields and
> bookmarks if
> > any
> > pageCount += importPages(reader, writer, srcFile);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > if (makeEven && pageCount > 0 && (pageCount % 2) == 1) {
> > File srcFile = PdfAssembler.getBlankPageFile();
> > // open the source for reading
> > PdfReader reader = getPdfReader(srcFile);
> > if (reader != null) {
> >
> > assert (document != null);
> >
> > // concatenate pages, ignore form fields and
> bookmarks if
> > any
> > pageCount += importPages(reader, writer, srcFile);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > if (document != null) {
> > document.close();
> > }
> > return pageCount;
> > }
> >
> > protected PdfReader getPdfReader(File srcFile) {
> > PdfReader reader = null;
> > try {
> > reader = new PdfReader(srcFile.getPath());
> > reader.consolidateNamedDestinations();
> > } catch (IOException e) {
> > log.error("unable to read src pdf: " +
> srcFile.getPath() + ":",
> > e);
> > }
> > return reader;
> > }
> >
> > protected int importPages(PdfReader reader, PdfCopy writer, File
> > srcFile) {
> > int pageCount = 0;
> > PdfImportedPage page;
> > int n = reader.getNumberOfPages();
> > for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
> > page = writer.getImportedPage (reader, i);
> > try {
> > writer.addPage(page);
> > pageCount++;
> > } catch (Throwable e) {
> > log.error("unable to add pdf page " + i + ": " +
> > srcFile.getPath() + ":", e);
> > }
> > }
> > return pageCount;
> > }
> >
>
>
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