Incompetence strikes again! Apparently Microsoft don't have the resources to provide a decent PDF implementation instead a broken one. Just because it works in Acrobat it doesn't mean it's right. The fix is in the SVN.
Paulo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rainer Hahnekamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [iText-questions] SQL Server 2008 - Reporting Services PDFExport > What I did with this file is to pass it as parameter to the concatenate > method I've mentioned in my first post. This method generates a new pdf > file with just a "plain page" - meaning there is no content on the page. > It is completely "white". > > If you now take a pdf file which was not generated by Reporting Services > (for example on > http://itext.ugent.be/library/com/lowagie/examples/general/HelloWorld.pdf) > and execute the concatenate command on it you will get an exact copy with > the "Hello World" text as content. Just as it is supposed to be. > > Have I made my issue a little bit clearer? > > > 2008/10/7 Paulo Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > I don't see anything wrong with the file, works for me. What do you mean > "returns only plain pages"? > > Paulo > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rainer Hahnekamp >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] >> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:45 AM >> To: >> itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net> >> Subject: [iText-questions] SQL Server 2008 - Reporting >> Services PDF Export >> >> Hello, >> >> I've been using iText for concatenating PDF files that are >> generated by MS Reporting Services (component of Microsoft's >> database SQL Server). In version 2005 it worked perfectly but >> last week we updated to version 2008 and now there's a little >> problem. The output of the merging-process returns only plain >> pages. Strangely page size and page letter are identified correctly. >> Attached you can find a simple pdf file which was rendererd >> by version 2008. >> >> To keep it simple I've used the concatenation script from the >> iText tutorial on >> http://itext.ugent.be/library/com/lowagie/examples/general/cop >> ystamp/Concatenate.java >> >> Did I misunderstand here something or is this some kind of >> unknown error|restriction? >> >> Thank you very much in advance, >> -Rainer H. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php
