..using -v, -vv, or -vvv, should tell you the page at which the pdf2swf program bails out and/or freezes. The you'll know the page to start with, or just before.
It can often happen that he offending page *will* convert, when taken in it's own. Like I said though, no guarantees! Chris. On 29 April 2010 12:21, Mark Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Saravanan, has the tool worked correctly for you with PDFs of similar size? > If the problem is in the PDF there's hardly anything one could suggest but > what Chris recommended that you do pages in batches or one at a time until > you get to the offending page. > > > ________________________________ > From: Saravanan Ganesan <[email protected]> > To: filip sound <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, April 29, 2010 1:53:14 AM > Subject: Re: [Swftools-common] pdf2swf crashes on certain pages > > Thank you Mark and Filip for the suggestions. > > I would not be able to post the pdf as it is a copyrighted content. Also, I > am running the pdf2swf tool manually in windows to convert each pdf. The > tool just crashes in at the particular page and I have to end task to close > the command window. So, no swf really gets generated. > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:03 PM, filip sound <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> well, if you use it as a part of a programm you can simply check if the >> target swf exists after calling the pdf2swf tool. >> i'm using this as a fallback/workaround for the worst case. >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Mark Lee <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Maybe you should post your PDF and have someone give it a try and then >>> they may have the same issue. >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Saravanan Ganesan <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Wed, April 28, 2010 2:01:25 AM >>> Subject: [Swftools-common] pdf2swf crashes on certain pages >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I recently started to use pdf2swf for a custom viewer and it worked >>> brilliantly with most pdfs I have converted. >>> >>> Currently I have couple of pdfs that I am unable to convert because the >>> tool simply crashes while processing a certain page in each of these pdfs >>> without any error message. I tried on Windows XP and Vista and the Command >>> window simply crashes on both OS after the tool gets struck on those pages. >>> I also tried with -O1 but it did not help. >>> >>> This occurs on a English text pdf and also with another one that has >>> Japanese characters. >>> >>> >>> Has anyone had the same issue and found a solution? Any help is greatly >>> appreciated. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Saravanan >> > > >
