i also tested it and it was fixed in version 2.1.6. Maybe that was the fix:
A PdfImportedPage always created a new entry in the xref table. That's not
always necessary. This change makes sure PdfImportedPage no more causes
entries like this: "0000000000 65536 n"
Glad it is working for you now...
2013/10/2 Daniel Borlean <dborl...@extraview.com>
> **
> FYI,
>
> I have just tested with iText-2.1.7.jar and the problem is resolved!
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Daniel Borlean [mailto:dborl...@extraview.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 October, 2013 11:59
>
> *To:* 'Post all your questions about iText here'
> *Subject:* RE: [iText-questions] java.io.IOException: trailer not found
>
> TvT,
>
> Thanks for the detailed response. Attached is the problematic pdf file
> that the customer has allowed me to share.
>
> I will also try a newer version to see if that fixes the issue.
>
> I don't have Adobe Acrobat, but a colleague does so I will ask him to run
> Preflight on the pdf file.
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* TvT [mailto:tvtre...@nepatec.de]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 1 October, 2013 23:46
> *To:* Post all your questions about iText here
> *Subject:* Re: [iText-questions] java.io.IOException: trailer not found
>
> Two possibilities:
>
> 1. You are using an quite old version of iText and maybe that was a bug
> fixed a long time ago?
> 2. Your PDF is not (fully) PDF spec compliant
> (3. possible but not probable: iText has a bug and your PDF is running
> into it)
>
> Opening a PDF in Adobe Reader doesn't say anything except it may be some
> sort of PDF file you are trying to open. Adobe Reader is like IE back in
> the days - opening any crap HTML page guessing their authors intent. You
> can now try the following three things:
>
> 1. provide the PDF and we can tell you more. If it is a customer PDF and
> you are not able to share then
> 2. try a newer version of iText (2.1.7 for less changes in your code
> and/or 5.4.4 the most up-to-date version) and see whether the problem still
> exists
> 3. Do you have an Adobe Acrobat at hand? If so run Preflight (Check PDF
> Syntax Errors and PDF/A-1b compatibility. Even if your PDF may not be a
> PDF/A document this test is in many cases better to detect general PDF spec
> problems then the syntax check)
>
>
> Regards,
> TvT
>
>
>
> 2013/10/1 Daniel Borlean <dborl...@extraview.com>
>
>> **
>> Hi,
>>
>> We're using the iText-2.1.2u.jar version to generate flattened pdf forms
>> with additional pdf files inserted. The following code illustrates how the
>> additional pdf files are inserted:
>>
>> ...
>> // read pdf attachment
>> InputStream is = getFileInputStream(con, diu);
>>
>> if (is == null)
>> {
>> return;
>> }
>>
>> PdfReader docReader = new PdfReader(is);
>>
>> // note: pdf pages start with 1, not 0
>> for (int p = 1; p <= docReader.getNumberOfPages(); p++)
>> {
>> copy.addPage(copy.getImportedPage(docReader, p));
>> }
>>
>> docReader.close();
>> is.close();
>> ...
>>
>> Our customer is having trouble with inserting a pdf file that was
>> generated from scanning a document into a pdf file. The "new
>> PdfReader(is)" line above keeps generating the exception below. I've
>> searched online for the cause of this error and learned that it's because
>> the file is not ended properly or is somehow corrupt, but I am able to open
>> the pdf file just fine with Adobe Reader; furthermore, I compared the
>> ending of the file with other pdf files that work just fine (using a text
>> editor), and don't observe any differences. Does anyone know how to
>> resolve this issue?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>> 2013-10-01 10:29:19 [ ERROR] ajp-bio-8116-exec-1 Exception =
>> java.io.IOException: trailer not found.
>> java.io.IOException: trailer not found.
>> at com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader.rebuildXref(Unknown Source)
>> at com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader.readPdf(Unknown Source)
>> at com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
>> at com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
>> at
>> com.extraview.applogic.admin.PDFGenerationTool.insertDocument(PDFGenerationTool.java:627)
>> at
>> com.extraview.applogic.admin.PDFGenerationTool.applyDocumentAttachmentMapping(PDFGenerationTool.java:281)
>> at
>> com.extraview.applogic.admin.PDFGenerationTool.generatePDF(PDFGenerationTool.java:178)
>> at
>> com.extraview.usercustom.CustomCodeBase.generateAndSavePdf(CustomCodeBase.java:3663)
>> at
>> com.extraview.usercustom.CustomCodeBase.ucEditRefresh(CustomCodeBase.java:791)
>> at
>> com.extraview.usercustom.UserCustom.preEditRefresh(UserCustom.java:1699)
>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
>> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
>> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
>> at
>> com.extraview.usercustom.UserCustomProxy.invoke(UserCustomProxy.java:105)
>> at $Proxy6.preEditRefresh(Unknown Source)
>> at
>> com.extraview.presentation.Display.doEditDisplayRefresh(Display.java:1925)
>> at
>> com.extraview.presentation.Display.doEditDisplay(Display.java:1723)
>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
>> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
>> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
>> at ExtraView.service(ExtraView.java:309)
>> at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:304)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
>> at
>> com.planetj.servlet.filter.compression.CompressingFilter.doFilter(CompressingFilter.java:270)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
>> at
>> com.extraview.presentation.JSPForwardingFilter.doFilter(JSPForwardingFilter.java:38)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405)
>> at
>> org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.process(AjpProcessor.java:196)
>> at
>> org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515)
>> at
>> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:300)
>> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown
>> Source)
>> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown
>> Source)
>> at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
>>
>> ---------------------------------------
>> Daniel Borlean
>> Consulting Engineer
>> ExtraView Corporation
>> Scotts Valley, California, USA
>> (831) 461-7100 ext 117
>>
>>
>>
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