Thanks. Unfortunately that was where I started and, after grasping at a few straws, returned. I did intercept the output stream and write the data to a disk. It is an exact match of the original PDF file and, when downloaded to my PC, it opens just fine with Acrobat Reader 8.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Kris Buelens > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 11:11 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: PDFs > > This is what I added for PDFs in HTTPD CONFIG > type pdf 0 application/pdf 8bit > > > 2009/4/10 Thomas Kern <tlk_sysp...@yahoo.com>: > > The corrupt file error may be something to do with the plug-in for > > your browser. Try saving the file and then opening it in the full > > Adobe Acrobat Reader. We have this problem with PDFs that I > generate > > in CMS and with commercially generated PDFs. ALL are fine > when saved > > and opened in the full Acrobat. We get the same corrupt > file when we transfer via email to Outlook. > > > > /Tom Kern > > /301-903-2211 > > > > > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:36:54 -0700, Schuh, Richard > <rsc...@visa.com> wrote: > > > >>When I tried that, I got a nasty message about a corrupt file :-( > >> > >>Regards, > >>Richard Schuh > >> > >> > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > >>> [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > >>> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:18 AM > >>> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > >>> Subject: Re: PDFs > >>> > >>> On Friday, 04/10/2009 at 12:12 EDT, "Schuh, Richard" > >>> <rsc...@visa.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > What does it take to get a PDF from a CMS file to a > >>> successful browser > >>> display? > >>> > We are, for now, using WEBSHARE. We get a message telling > >>> us that the > >>> file does > >>> > not start with "%PDF-"; however, all files I have tried do > >>> begin with > >>> those > >>> > ASCII characters. We have tried files created by > TXT2PDF and ones > >>> created by > >>> > other PDF creators. All display properly when copied to > a PC and > >>> > opened directly with Adobe Reader. > >>> > > >>> > I have tried various settings, including removing the entry > >>> for pdf, > >>> > in > >>> the web > >>> > server's CONFIG file, all to no avail. > >>> > > >>> > Note: MS Office files, DOC, XLS and PPT, all work and the > >>> PC's default > >>> for the > >>> > PDF extension is Acrobat Reader 8. > >>> > >>> I would guess that something needs to tell WEBSHARE that > PDF files > >>> are binary (it appears to be correctly setting the MIME type to > >>> application/pdf). > >>> > >>> Alan Altmark > >>> z/VM Development > >>> IBM Endicott > >>> > >>============================================================ > ========== > >>== > > > > > > -- > Kris Buelens, > IBM Belgium, VM customer support >
