FWIW, and at the risk of stating the obvious .. maybe you should look very closely at how you actually compiled swftools in your '64 bit environment'?!
Chris. >2009/1/9 Robert Brueckmann <[email protected]>: > 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 > –– > Robert Brueckmann > Vice President > Application Developer > > 712 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor > New York NY 10019 > d: (212) 822-4821 > > > > > > ________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > This message contains information from Merlin Securities, LLC, or from one > of its affiliates, that may be confidential and privileged. 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