On 13/06/2013 21:54, Robin Tremblay (BIA) wrote:
Hello,
We are using a very old version of *iText (0.96)* in our system and we
are merging Acrobat documents (release 7). All works fine.
Is it possible to merge Acrobat PDF document relase 8,9 and 10 with
itext 0.96 ?
Let's see, iText 0.96 dates from October 2002. We know that the
ISO-committee is currently writing the PDF 2.0 spec. In 2002, the latest
PDF version was 1.4 dating from 2001. It was followed by PDF 1.5 in
2003. PDF 1.5 introduced compressed cross-reference tables and
compressed object streams. Software predating 2003 doesn't know how to
deal with these new compression features: such software doesn't know how
to read the cross-reference table which is one of the most vital parts
of a document.
That's only one feature that comes to mind, there may be many others.
In short: no, you shouldn't be using software that is almost 11 years
old and expect that it can deal with the newest PDF documents. You
should also read http://lowagie.com/itext2
You're working for a Justice department. This kind of contradicts with
your desire to use an obsolete version of software. We've fixed many
bugs, released security updates, etc... in the last 11 years. Please
upgrade!
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