> Legacy PDF files have been shown to fail a verification suite. What verification suite is this? I assume it must be an Adobe Verification suite but I can't find it. Can you show me where to get this?
And also, is the pdf format published somewhere? Thanks > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis > Nichols > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 7:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PDF files --- and the rest of the world > > At 12/22/2004 06:31 AM, Ron Bernier wrote: > >Jane Hakes wrote: > >>Legacy, on the other hand, can't be expected to jump in and embrace > every > >>release of new PDF engines when undoubtedly their customer base is going > >>to still be using Acrobat Reader v. 6 or perhaps even older. > >Jan, > >You are correct. Human nature seems to be that people always want to > find > >someone else to blame for their problems. Legacy is at fault because > they > >didn't immediately release an update to accommodate the Adobe > >changes. Adobe is at fault because they had the audacity to change their > >data structure. > > You both are making an assumption that seems wildly unwarranted to me. Do > you really believe that Adobe has released a reader that requires changes > to the pdf creation process? If that were true, what about the billions of > PDF files that already exist in the world? Do they all need to be > recreated > because they were written with previous versions of a PDF generator? > > And, Ron, where did you get your information about Adobe changing its data > structure? > > The simple truth is that Legacy produces PDF files that are non- > conformant. > Maybe the Legacy PDF files always have had errors, I don't know. Luckily, > previous versions of Adobe reader managed to display the errant files from > Legacy. However, many Legacy users have had trouble having their PDF files > printed at Kinkos. Legacy PDF files have been shown to fail a verification > suite. Legacy PDF files fail to display properly using Reader v7. > > This is a pre-existing Legacy problem that has gone unaddressed for some > time and has now become rather critical. > > You drive a truck but never pay much attention to how tall it is because > it > always fits under the bridges. One fall, your co-driver points out that > the > truck is 14' 0" and a bridge on your route has a prominent warning sign > that says clearance 13' 9". However, you know that you fit fine because > you > drive that route often. Next spring the road is repaved, which pleases you > until you drive under the bridge and find, in a rather jarring manner, > that > you no longer fit even though all the 13' 9" trucks still fit just fine. > > Dennis Nichols Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
