Ah, gloom. This is not going to go away and I am being forced into supporting files that exceed the iText limit. I am hoping that there is a tool that can split such a large file in twain so I can run the pieces using my current iText based code. Does anyone know of a utility, java or otherwise that can split a pdf of over 2Gb in size into 2 roughly equals pieces on a bookmark?
And preserve the bookmarks. My current process parses the bookmarks to extract data and create smaller pdfs based on the bookmarks and information contained therein. Having spent a lot of time getting this working quite nicely with all of the goodness that comes with iText, I am loathe to have to start over using some other library. I like iText and want to stay with it, but I also have to handle those insanely large files. Any suggestions? (Beating the customer about the head and neck is, unfortunately, not an option) Edward W. Rouse -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paulo Soares Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:16 PM To: Post all your questions about iText here Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Extremely large PDFs iText doesn't support files over 2G and I suspect that it never will. Paulo > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Edward W. Rouse > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:44 PM > To: 'Post all your questions about iText here' > Subject: [iText-questions] Extremely large PDFs > > We are currently processing PDFs that we receive from a 3rd party > process for a customer. These files are extremely large. We recently > hit a file size limit when trying to process a pdf that exceeded 2.2Gb > in size. The error was > > > > Exception in thread "main" > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Size exceeds Integer.MAX_VALUE > at sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl.map(FileChannelImpl.java:707) > at > com.lowagie.text.pdf.MappedRandomAccessFile.init(Unknown Source) > at > com.lowagie.text.pdf.MappedRandomAccessFile.<init>(Unknown Source) > at > com.lowagie.text.pdf.RandomAccessFileOrArray.<init>(Unknown Source) > at > com.lowagie.text.pdf.RandomAccessFileOrArray.<init>(Unknown Source) > > > > I took a look at this and found that the FileChannelImpl.map takes a > MapMode and 2 longs, but that MappedRandomAccessFile seems to be > casting seeks, reads and pointers to int. As an example: > > > > 331 public void seek(long pos) throws IOException { > > 332 seek((int)pos); > > 333 } > > > > Is there any chance that this will be (or maybe has been) changed in > future releases to allow for files in excess of 2Gb? Personally I > think this is bordering on the absurd, but customers want what > customers want. Or am I using this wrong and there is another way to > process extremely large files? > > > > Edward W. Rouse > > > > Aviso Legal: Esta mensagem i destinada exclusivamente ao destinatario. Pode conter informagco confidencial ou legalmente protegida. A incorrecta transmissco desta mensagem nco significa a perca de confidencialidade. Se esta mensagem for recebida por engano, por favor envie-a de volta para o remetente e apague-a do seu sistema de imediato. I proibido a qualquer pessoa que nco o destinatario de usar, revelar ou distribuir qualquer parte desta mensagem. Disclaimer: This message is destined exclusively to the intended receiver. It may contain confidential or legally protected information. The incorrect transmission of this message does not mean the loss of its confidentiality. If this message is received by mistake, please send it back to the sender and delete it from your system immediately. It is forbidden to any person who is not the intended receiver to use, distribute or copy any part of this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php
