Joachim, have you considered using the append mode when manipulating existing PDFs? That way everything new is going to be added at the end of the file, thus IE6 wont find any different magic bytes for file type determination.
And do you already send the correct file type to the IE6? (Ok, ok, there are some products out there which simply ignore file type information and try to do better using extension and magic byte information; I'm not sure whether IE6 is one of them...) Additionally you might want to update iText as there had been some fixes to metadata handling meanwhile. Regards, Michael. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [iText-questions] iText2.1.3 and Internet Explorer 6 Hallo everybody, we have some problems with iText2.1.3 in combination with Internet Explorer 6: Within a normal PDF there are XML-data concerning the metadata (title, author, and so on) of the PDF. When we manipulate on the server-side such a normal PDF with iText2.1.3, two things happen: The XML-data are placed on the beginning of the PDF and the following statement is added: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>. An example is attached to this mail. If now the PDF is sent from the server to the Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer thinks it's a XML-file. He tries to present the data by himself, which leads to a mistake of course. So I have two questions: 1) Is it right, that iText2.1.3 adds the statement <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>? 2) If so, is there a possibility to prevent iText from adding this statement? Yours sincerly Joachim Sieglen Java-Entwickler Form-Solutions e.K. Winzerstr. 54 D-75217 Birkenfeld-Gräfenhausen Fon: +49 7082 9464-0 Fax: +49 7082 9464-17 http://www.form-solutions.de mailto:[email protected] Ust-IdNr.: DE207718873, SteuerNr.: 49129/42507, HRA 702062, Amtsgericht Mannheim -- Nur bis 16.03.! DSL-Komplettanschluss inkl. WLAN-Modem für nur 17,95 ¿/mtl. + 1 Monat gratis!* http://dsl.gmx.de/?ac=OM.AD.PD003K11308T4569a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ 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
