How can it be 0 length if the first byte is a % ?
On Dec 29, 2006, at 3:53 PM, Daniel Essin wrote:
> The pdf is a 0 length file. There's probably no point in attaching it.
>
> Thanks. What next?
> Dan
>
> robert engels wrote:
>> 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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