"-s poly2bitmap" is your friend or you can try flattening the PDF (save as PDf 4.0 as well) *
The pdf2swf seems to be a great tool, but I am running into some challenges that I need help finding answers. I am using the tool on a coldfusion server (windows, 32 bit) to convert pdf's that are submitted over the web. The swf files are then displayed to users within a Flex application. For the majority of the files it works perfect. However, I am running into the following problems: I am running all of the conversions with a -G (flatten) param. 1. Some pdf's do not convert. If I run them manually I get the error message "This file is too complex to render - SWF only supports 65536 shapes at once". The message is obvious - what suggestions can I give to users so this does not happen? 2. Some of the converted files do not load into the flex application. When I try to open them independently in a browser like chrome the plugin will consume over 50% cpu utilization and I get a message that the plugin is not responsive. Any ideas on what can cause this or how to troubleshoot. 3. Some pdf's will convert to swf files that are MUCH larger than the original file. The majority of the time the swf is smaller. What will cause the swf file to convert so large. I am not that knowledgeable with the details of swf or pdf files. Ideally I would love to correct all of these problems, but I would be satisfied with instructing users how to create pdf's that do not fall into these problems. Thanks in advance.* -- JL
