Peter Rolf wrote:
> hi,
>
> when i try to include an image from one of my databases i get the
> following error messages:
>
> mkii:
>
> !pdfTeX error: pdftex.exe (file ./lib/test-db.pdf): xpdf: reading PDF
> image failed (0)
> ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
i dunno; if there's indeed a file in ./lib/test-db.pdf then it's an xpdf
problem so maybe you need to preflight the file and see what's wrong
with it
>
> mkiv:
>
> !luaTeX error: xpdf: reading PDF image failed
> ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
>
>
> i looked into the mkiv sources, but didn't succeed. the lua part (db
> only) is clear to me, but i couldn't find the point in tex, where
> \externalfigure is mapped to this somehow. either i have missed
> something or there is some code missing. mh, probably the first one :)
>
> regards, peter
>
>
> ps: any news about the \string{\{} problem in mkiv?
this is :
\string { -> letter {
\{ -> depends on definition but probably no bgroup
} -> egroup
so whatever happens, you'll probably end up with closing a group which
in turn will result in an error someplace
Hans
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