what we could do is put the workaround into PDFBox and print a log output. OTOH you might have more control over handling such situation if you deal with it yourself by putting in a check and a workaround. See my comment at PDFBOX-1533. WDYT?
BR Maruan Am 08.07.2014 um 15:02 schrieb Aleksander Blomskøld <[email protected]>: > Our biggest problem now is that we haven't been able to detect when the > issue occours before our customer does. I guess a possible (but not > optimal) work around for us would be to check the PDF files if they got > this issue (getAllPages.size() is not the same as getNumPages()), and then > raise an exception so we can contact the senders manually. > > > Aleksander > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> of course it’s possible to put in a workaround - might it be in PDFBox >> itself or in the merging application. Even better might be to check why >> this - at least misleading information - might have been created. Would you >> think you could influence that? >> >> BR >> Maruan >> >> Am 08.07.2014 um 11:01 schrieb Aleksander Blomskøld <[email protected]>: >> >>> Yes, it's the same issue. The files attached actually comes from the >>> company I'm working for. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> the issue is because part1.pdf in PDFBOX-1533 references the same 2 >> pages >>>> 3 times within the document catalog (/Kids [3 0 R, 3 0 R, 3 0 R]). Could >>>> you attach a sample pdf to PDFBOX-1533 to verify that your issue has the >>>> same cause or verify it for yourself? >>>> >>>> We are using PDFBox for merging documents ourselves successfully. >>>> Obviously this file would need some special treatment. >>>> >>>> BR >>>> Maruan >>>> >>>> Am 07.07.2014 um 11:31 schrieb Aleksander Blomskøld <[email protected] >>> : >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> We're using PDFBox for PDF validation and PDF merging in a backend >>>>> invoicing system. It's working pretty well for most of the time, but >>>> right >>>>> now we're having some unhappy customers because of >>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-1533. >>>>> >>>>> As it's important for us to have this fixed pretty soon, we're >> wondering >>>> if >>>>> anyone of you would be willing to fix this issue for pay. If so, please >>>>> contact me so we can work out the details. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Aleksander Blomskøld >>>> >>>> >> >>
