Why don't you attach the pdf file?
On Dec 28, 2006, at 6:21 PM, Daniel Essin wrote:
>
>
> Daniel Essin wrote:
> OK let me start over again. I was reading the dump incorrectly and the
> first byte is a %
>
> So all I have is the problem that the code produces a stream that,
> when
> received by acrobat, results in a message that says "File does not
> begin
> with '%PDF-'."
>
> This is the code:
> HttpResponse resp = this.Response;
> Document document = new Document();
> System.IO.MemoryStream baos = new MemoryStream();
> PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, baos);
> resp.AppendHeader("Content-Length", baos.Length.ToString());
> document.Open();
> document.Add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
> document.Add(new Paragraph(DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()));
> document.Close();
> resp.ContentType = "application/pdf";
> resp.Write(baos.ToArray());
> resp.Flush();
>
>
>> Daniel Essin wrote:
>> I'll try putting these at the top.
>>
>> I think I figured out how to set the content length:
>> resp.AppendHeader("Content-Length", baos.Length.ToString());
>>
>> Acrobat still complains that the data it is receiving does not begin
>> with %PDF-
>>
>> The dump of the byte array still says it begins
>> with 7PDF-
>>
>> Help, please,
>> Dan
>>
>>> Paulo Soares wrote:
>>>> Don't forget to set the content length.
>>>>
>>>> Paulo
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Daniel Essin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 10:31 PM
>>>> Subject: [iText-questions] ByteArrayOutputStream
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to use iTextSharp to work through the examples in
>>>>> Chapter 17 of
>>>>> the
>>>>> book. The first example worked perfectly. The second example of
>>>>> writing to
>>>>> the
>>>>> response object through a ByteArrayOutputStream fails. It fails
>>>>> because
>>>>> Acrobat
>>>>> complains that the stream should begin %PDF-.
>>>>>
>>>>> By examining the contents of the stream in the debugger, the
>>>>> reason
>>>>> becomes
>>>>> clear. The first character of the stream is a 7 instead of a %.
>>>>> I have no
>>>>> clue
>>>>> why and would appreciate some guidance.
>>>>>
>>>>> The code is:
>>>>> HttpResponse resp = this.Response;
>>>>> Document document = new Document();
>>>>> System.IO.MemoryStream baos = new MemoryStream();
>>>>> PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, baos);
>>>>> document.Open();
>>>>> document.Add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
>>>>> document.Add(new
>>>>> Paragraph(DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()));
>>>>> document.Close();
>>>>> resp.ContentType = "application/pdf";
>>>>> resp.Write(baos.ToArray());
>>>>> resp.Flush();
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Dan Essin
>>>>>
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>>> Sorry for being a bit dense but - could you please give me a hint
>>> as to
>>> the property name? I can't find any property of resp called
>>> content length/
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
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