We downloaded the source for linux and compiled it on our RHEL 5.2
64-bit environment without a hitch. We were previously running a very
old version of swftools on our 32-bit RHEL environment and since we were
upgrading O/S we figured we'd upgrade the swftools. Problem is, I'm
noticing the resulting SWF files are not loading into our application
the same way the SWF files generated with the old version are. The
older version is swftools-2004-11-13-2026.
We make a call from our java class to pdf2swf to convert PDF documents
to SWF and load them into our Adobe Flex app...the old swftools from
32-bit running in 64-bit generates the file no problem, newly compiled
in 64-bit 0.8.1 flashes the swf file and then shrinks it to the point of
invisibility and then I have to use my zoom widget I created to zoom in
to see the report. The only glaringly obvious difference I see between
these two versions is that the 2004 swftools version sends output to the
console simply ending with:
NOTICE SWF written
With the new 0.8.1 version, I see:
NOTICE SWF written
swfcombine -z -X 1130 -Y 850 "(null)"
viewport="/opt/weblogic/tmp/RBRUECKMANN151231446346568.swf" -o
"/opt/weblogic/tmp/RBRUECKMANN151231446346568.swf"
What's the deal with this extra swfcombine call? Where is it coming
from? Looks like it's combining the two swfs together or making the
viewport of the swf THE SWF (seems cyclical, no?), if I'm reading this
correctly. How do I get rid of this step? Is this by default? Is this
normal? Anyone have any ideas? I think this is what's screwing up the
load of this SWF into my Flex app.
The parameters I'm calling pdf2swf to against BOTH versions (code is the
same) are:
String[] command = {swftoolsPath + "pdf2swf/pdf2swf",
"-z",
"-i",
"-F",
swftoolsPath + "pdf2swf/fonts",
"-s",
"insertstop",
"-s",
"zoom=100",
reportFile.getAbsolutePath() + ".pdf",
"-o",
reportFile.getAbsolutePath() + ".swf"};
Anybody have any ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
MERLIN
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