Thanks very much Steven. That's exactly what I was looking for. Clears it up for me.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven > C. Perkins > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] PDF files --- and the rest of the world > > See this page: > > http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/pdf/topic.html > > Regards, > > Steven C. Perkins > > At 01:28 PM 12/22/2004 -0800, you wrote: > > > Since Adobe would like to sell more copies of the full blown Acrobat, > it > > > makes sense for them not to provide a validator to help 3rd party pdf > > > creation software ... > > > > >That's kind of my point, the validator is also third party. So it makes > some > >assumptions on pdf files. That's why I was wondering if there's an > official > >pdf spec that details what or how a pdf is created. If not, it's just > >another piece of code that does something, but 'what' is unknown. > > > >Why would other pdf files pass the validator and Legacy not? There's lots > of > >possible reasons for that. Maybe Legacy is using some feature of pdfs > that > >the validator does 'know about', or other programs aren't using. > > > >I certainly don't know for sure, but before it can be said that it's a > >Legacy problem I would think those questions would need to be answered. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > C.G. > > > Ouimet > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:49 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] PDF files --- and the rest of the world > > > > > > > > > Since Adobe would like to sell more copies of the full blown Acrobat, > it > > > makes sense for them not to provide a validator to help 3rd party pdf > > > creation software ... > > > > > > At 2004-12-22 02:44 PM, you wrote: > > > >At 12/22/2004 12:43 PM, Dave Keeney wrote: > > > >> > Legacy PDF files have been shown to fail a verification suite. > > > >> > > > >>What verification suite is this? > > > > > > > > From a message I posted around 10/20/2004 > > > > > > > > About a moon ago, Sharon was having trouble with > > > > PDF files. I was interested in this problem so I > > > > cast about looking for a PDF validator. I wasn't > > > > able to find much. There is a free, Java-based > > > > toolkit called Multivalent that includes a .pdf > > > > validator. I downloaded it but never got around > > > > to trying it. Until now. > > > > > > > >Try googling Multivalent. > > > > > > > >>I assume it must be an Adobe Verification > > > >>suite but I can't find it. Can you show me where to get this? > > > > > > > >You would think that there would be a PDF validations suite from > Adobe. > > > >Maybe there is but I don't know about it. > > > > > > > >>And also, is the pdf format published somewhere? > > > > > > > >Maybe, but again I know not where. > > > > > > > >Dennis Nichols > > > > > > > > > C.G. Ouimet > > > Kingston, Ontario > > > > > >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 > > 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 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
