Dan, I wonder if you might have another problem. I just updated Acrobat Reader a couple of days ago - both the V 6.0 and then the update to V 6.0 that they recommended. My "Reader" works well with PDF file created today or one created 16 months ago - no problems. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Bateham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LegacyUserGroup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 1:12 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] PDF files (Yes, Sharon, they are broken)
> 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 > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
