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If the document is divided into sections (chapters, headings, etc) why not create separate PDFs of each and then provide an HTML table of contents so each section can be downloaded individually. I do this for large user manuals plus an option to download the complete manual if they have a high-speed connection. If it is one large document without anything other than paragraph breaks, you could try creating individual PDFS of each 20 - 50 pages - which ever meets you file size requirement. If the document is useless unless viewed as a complete entity, you could have them request it on a CD for a nominal charge. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Rosenthol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [PDF] serving large pdf document ==> page by page > > The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > __________________________________________________________________ > > At 04:43 AM 6/25/2003 -0700, Anis h wrote: > >I need to serve a large pdf document with 400 pages, > >the size of the document will be in 3 or 4 MB range > > OK... > > > >and I have a strict rule which says the max size of > >data that can be sent to the client at one packet > >should be 64 KB ... > > The web doesn't work on packets - well, not at that level... > > When an HTTP connection is made, there is a "pipe" opened between > the server and the client and the data just flows as a stream. Any > packetization happens WAY DOWN at the protocol (TCP) layer and are > EXTREMELY SMALL ones. > > > > I can not send the 3 or 4 MB > >document directly to the client at one shot ... > > You can't NOT send them that way... > > > >how can I accomplish page by page serving. I heard that if > >we serve page by page .. next page will be downloaded > >as the user moves to the next page in the client side > > Depends. If you use "fast web view enabling" (aka Linearization), > it means that Acrobat will load everything necessary for the first page of > the document, then display that, and then fetch the rest in the background > (assuming the users prefs haven't been changed). > > HOWEVER, how much Acrobat requests to load the first page OR foir > any subsequent page/set of pages, is undefined and up to Acrobat. > > > Leonard > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > Leonard Rosenthol <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Chief Technical Officer <http://www.pdfsages.com> > PDF Sages, Inc. 215-629-3700 (voice) > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html > > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
