Abedellatif, Abedellatif Hussein wrote > What do you mean with the "document failed validation"? I opened the file > using adobe reader with no issues
Adobe Reader opening a PDF without complaint does not mean the file is valid. Actually Adobe Reader is very forgiving and ignores very many errors. > and validated the file against "JHOVE" a standard java based validation > tool and says the file is valid and well formed. No validation tool I've yet come across is perfect. Thus, a tool saying *the file is valid and well formed* only means that the tool did *find* no problem. It does not mean that there *is* no problem. > Can you please point me to the tool that I need to validate the PDF file? Given the information at hand, Leonard could easily validate manually (the PDF in one hand, the PDF specification in the other). Your PDF contains an object 5 0 obj <</HDPI 300/ImageMask true/DecodeParms<</K -1/Columns 2113>>/Subtype/Image/Width 2113/BitsPerComponent 1/Length 73747/Height 3127/Filter/CCF/VDPI 300>>stream ... endstream endobj which is a xobject resource of the one document page. In the specification you'll find "CCF" as abbreviation for "CCITTFaxDecode" in table 94 – Additional Abbreviations in an Inline Image Object - and just before that table the specification rules "These abbreviations are valid only in inline images; they shall not be used in image XObjects." Your document, on the other hand, is an image xobject and uses that abbreviation as filter. Thus, it definitively violates the ruling quoted above. Ergo: validation failed. Regards, Michael -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Unable-to-open-a-PDF-due-to-unsupported-filter-tp4659826p4659829.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subversion Kills Productivity. Get off Subversion & Make the Move to Perforce. With Perforce, you get hassle-free workflows. Merge that actually works. Faster operations. Version large binaries. Built-in WAN optimization and the freedom to use Git, Perforce or both. Make the move to Perforce. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=122218951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
