I'm sure no offense was taken, least of all by myself. I was merely clarifying ( somewhat tic ).. ;o)
Regards, Chris. On 17 February 2010 21:31, <[email protected]> wrote: > > JL, thanks for the info. I appreciate it. > > Sorry to all that were offended by my post - was not my intention. > > > > > *Chris Pugh <[email protected]>* > Sent by: <[email protected]> > > 02/17/2010 03:30 PM > Please respond to > <[email protected]> > > To > JL <[email protected]> > cc > <[email protected]> > Subject > Re: [Swftools-common] Help with multiple issues - users starting to > get discouraged > > > > > I'm sure all these issues will get rectified over the course of time. > However.. > > Correct me if I'm barking up the wrong tree, but, what you seem to be > asking for is commercial support for your use of the product in a > commercial environment! Just maybe if SWFTools cost a fraction of > the current price that Cold Fusion does - > http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/buy/ - which you have > stated you are using, or you yourself > and/or the company you work for were to make a suitable donation to > the project, then just maybe Mattias and Co would be given an enough > incentive to work further on the code base. > > SWFTools is an Open Source project releasd under GPL, not a commercial > product. Open Source projects are great to use, and have come a long > way from their humble roots, but, unless backed by large resourceful > companies ( which to the best of my knowledge, this one isn't ), or > have a wide developer base, then they are updated and corrected when > time and circumstance allows them to be. Alternatively if you have > the time and skill base, you could try getting your hands dirty? So, > if you have a cohort of users baying for your blood because things > aren't working quite as they should, then just maybe you should have > been just a little more circumspect before using SWFTools in the way > you have, and/or explained to each and every one of them, that your > were trialling the tool, and there would be a few gremlins.. If you > knew you required it ( no good being wise after the event ), why did > you not go for a commercial product, with commercial support? > > So, you have a stark choice, either take the rough with the smooth and > have a little patience, or alternatively remove SWFTools from your > system completely, apologise to your users for the temporary > inconvenience caused by you jumping the gun, then go out and spend > some money! > > [ Maybe I'm being a little harsh? Possibly. ;o) Just the way your > post came over. Good luck! ] > > Regards, > > > > Chris. > > On 17 February 2010 19:42, JL <[email protected]> wrote: > > "-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 > > > > > > The preceding e-mail message (including any attachments) > contains information that may be confidential, may be protected > by the attorney-client or other applicable privileges, or may > constitute non-public information. It is intended to be conveyed > only to the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not > an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender > by replying to this message and then delete all copies of it > from your computer system. Any use, dissemination, distribution, > or reproduction of this message by unintended recipients is not > authorized and may be unlawful. > >
