> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Segev, Eli
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:22 PM
> To: bruno; Leonard Rosenthol
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Re: Xref Table
> 
> This is correct ImageMagick uses Ghostscript to parse PDF 
> files and the
> error does come from Ghostscript.  IM and GS are written in 
> C, are open
> sourced and are available in binaries for several platforms.  It goes
> without saying that the source code is also available.  The 
> following is
> the error message on Solaris from Ghostscript:
> 
>    **** Warning:  An error occurred while reading an XREF table.
>    **** The file has been damaged.  This may have been caused
>    **** by a problem while converting or transferring the file.
>    **** Ghostscript will attempt to recover the data.
> 
>    **** This file had errors that were repaired or ignored.
>    **** The file was produced by: 
>    **** >>>> Adobe PDF library 6.66 <<<<
>    **** Please notify the author of the software that produced this
>    **** file that it does not conform to Adobe's published PDF
>    **** specification.
> 
> That's all the information that I have without going to the 
> source code.
> I am using the latest version of GS - 8.15.
> 
> Ironically Adobe Reader does not complain when displaying 
> this file, nor
> does Adobe Illustrator.
>

Adobe Reader doesn't complain but full Acrobat should complain when
closing the file.

Paulo
 
> ------------
> Eli Segev
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bruno [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:11 AM
> To: Segev, Eli
> Cc: '[email protected]'
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Re: Xref Table
> 
> Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> 
> > At 01:54 AM 3/29/2006, bruno wrote:
> >
> >> It's a pity ImageMagick doesn't tell you what's wrong with the PDF.
> >
> >
> >         It's really Ghostscript complaining, not IM.   IM 
> uses GS for 
> > PDF rendering...
> 
> What if you try opening the PDF that was generated in GhostScript.
> Do you get a more meaningful error message?
> Does the PDF open correctly in Adobe Reader?
> How old is the GhostScript version that is used by ImageMagick?
> br,
> Bruno
> 
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