In case anyone cares, I also did something else.  The version we're
running in the 32-bit environment turns out to be 0.8.1 also...not the
2004-11-13 version...and the 32-bit compiled version of 0.8.1 loads the
swf file into both out 32-bit and 64-bit deployed applications.  The
64-bit compiled 0.8.1 version generates the swf file successfully but
when we load it into our application using the same identical code, it
appears, then blinks out.  I'm adding some more debugging to my
application but I'm at a loss...

 

Can someone tell me what the fundamental difference would be between the
32-bit and 64-bit compiled versions of swftools 0.8.1?  This doesn't
make any sense.

 

Thanks,

 



MERLIN
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Application Developer

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From:
swftools-common-bounces+rbrueckmann=merlinsecurities....@nongnu.org
[mailto:swftools-common-bounces+rbrueckmann=merlinsecurities....@nongnu.
org] On Behalf Of Robert Brueckmann
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:30 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Swftools-common] swftools-0.8.1 question

 

Ok, so I removed all parameters I'm passing to the pdf2swf utility and
one by one added them back in and I found that the -z parameter is
what's adding the new swfcombine call, which is failing anyway because
the utility isn't available...not sure if the resulting compilation on
the 64-bit O/S was successful or not.

 

The odd thing is, I see the swf load into my Flex app and the blinks out
and disappears...I zoom in, it appears magically.  If I download the
generated swf file to my local machine and open it up using the Flash
Player, it opens up and looks perfectly normal.  Looks like I'm going to
have to dig into my own application but why this behavior is varying
between the old version of swftools and this is beyond me...anyone have
any ideas?

 



MERLIN
--
Robert Brueckmann
Vice President
Application Developer

712 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor
New York NY 10019
d: (212) 822-4821






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From:
swftools-common-bounces+rbrueckmann=merlinsecurities....@nongnu.org
[mailto:swftools-common-bounces+rbrueckmann=merlinsecurities....@nongnu.
org] On Behalf Of Robert Brueckmann
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:38 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Swftools-common] swftools-0.8.1 question

 

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
--
Robert Brueckmann
Vice President
Application Developer

712 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor
New York NY 10019
d: (212) 822-4821








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