Igor Vernelen wrote: > Hi, > > All objects are closed correctly and we get a document with size > 0kb.
OK. > The document opens in most cases correctly but for some users adobe > reader gives the error "file does not begin with %PDF". If we open the > file with notepad it indeed doesn't show the "%PDF <version>" in the > beginning. What does it show instead? > We have been doing some text and if we use > stamper.setFormFlattening(false); > we get a "well-formed" PDF-document. > > If we use > stamper.setFormFlattening(true); > we get a pdf-document without the %PDF<version> in the beginning. > > The content of the document looks like the document registerd_flat.pdf > that is on > http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/general/copystamp/index.html When I open registered_flat.pdf in Notepad, it begins like this: %PDF-1.4 %âãÏÓ 1 0 obj <</Matrix [1 0 0 1 0 0]/Filter/FlateDecode What do you see whan you open that file? > It seems that adobe reader 7 requires the %PDF to be in the document, > adobe reader 6 doesn't require this because using Adobe Reader 6 the > documents open correctly. Every PDF file should open with %PDF As far as I know every iText generated/manipulated PDF does. Please provide an example that helps us reproduce the problem. I repeat: when I open this file: http://itext.ugent.be/library/com/lowagie/examples/general/copystamp/registered_flat.pdf It looks fine. Are you sure we're talking about the same file? br, Bruno ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
