Hi Sherry,
Concerning PDF files created with Legacy 5...
Problem: - This morning, I just updated to the latest Acrobat Reader (v. 7) and now find I cannot read any pdf files ever created with Legacy Deluxe (versions 3 thru 5). The new Acrobat Reader has no problem with pdf files created with other programs (OpenOffice.org, Mircosoft Word, etc), only the pdf files created with Legacy. - It attempts to open the file, shows blank pages (even a page count), but no text, no pictures, nothing. - I would guess there's an issue with the lack of backward compatibility from the Acrobat people themselves. So perhaps, if we want to share our various genealogy reports in pdf format with other genealogists and family members, we are being forced to keep up with the latest bells and whistles. - Sherry, in your e-mail to Sharon on this subject, dated Oct 20, 2004, you mentioned the Print Preview Engine that Legacy uses to create pdf files - it creates an earlier version (Acrobat 3?) of pdf files - and that apparently is causing the lack of compatibility with newer versions of both Acrobat and Acrobat Reader. You also mentioned that the wonderful Legacy programmers are looking for a more up-to-date Print Preview Engine to resolve this problem.
Questions: - Sherry, what is the current status of the search for a replacement of the tool used by Legacy for the creation of report files in Acrobat pdf format (currently the Print Preview Engine)? - Might we expect some relief in the next update?
Hoping with ancticipation, as the current situation leaves all pdf files ever created with Legacy useless, unless the the recipient of these files has an out-dated version of Acrobat Reader. -- I do realize in the mean time I can likely create rtf files, import to OpenOffice.org (the free alternative to MS Offic), and then save as pdf file to create compatible reports.
Thank you in advance for checking into this for us, Sherry. :-)
Dan Bateham
-----Original Message----- RE: [LegacyUG] PDF files (Yes, Sharon, they are broken) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Support Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] PDF files (Yes, Sharon, they are broken) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:34:57 -0700 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharon, The pdf generator in Legacy comes with the print preview engine and it unfortunately creates an earlier version of the file that more current versions of Acrobat can't handle. The programmers have been looking around for one more up-to-date and reasonably priced to keep the cost of Legacy down. <snip>
Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
-----Original Message----- From: Sharon Perdue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 9:22 AM To: Legacy, Support Subject: Fw: [LegacyUG] PDF files (Yes, Sharon, they are broken) What do you think? I need to make more copies of this same file, with some updates, and do NOT want to have to print the whole file again just to get the copies for 3 more people made. Sharon Perdue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Nichols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PDF files (Yes, Sharon, they are broken)
About a moon ago, Sharon was having trouble with PDF files. I was interested in this problem so I cast about looking for a PDF validator. I wasn't able to find much. There is a free, Java-based toolkit called Multivalent that includes a .pdf validator. I downloaded it but never got around to trying it. Until now.
A small sample of .pdf files sized 100-300kB from a variety of online sites (Adobe, Detroit Diesel, Leviton, and PowerQuest) all passed the validation check. I tried two .pdf files from Legacy 5 build of 5 Sept 2004, a Descendant Chart (5kB) and a Descendant Narrative (25kB). Both failed to validate. These findings seem to correlate with the trouble Sharon experienced at Kinko's. At least some Legacy-generated .pdf files appear to be defective. - At 9/23/2004 09:52 AM, Sharon Perdue wrote: I created a PDF file for a Descendant Narrative, copied it to a CD and took it to Kinko's to be printed and bound. They couldn't print it because of Postscript errors. They could see the file on their computer screen fine, but when it starts to print it skips the top part of the page, prints the middle of the page and then prints the postscript errors and stops. <snip> Kinko's said that there is probably some setting in the creation that doesn't work with Postscript. <snip> Dennis Nichols
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