Hi Shane, We've run into this issue as well. It is indeed an issue with the browser and not the pdf file itself. I managed to find the solution on this list, so I've included it below.
The patch described will force all large (over 20mb I think) bitstreams to be downloaded as opposed to being viewed in the browser, so make sure that behavior is acceptable. ------------------------------------------------ Daniel Mancusi Digital Projects Technologist Library and Information Technology Bucknell University (570)577-1046 ------------------------------------------------ [Dspace-tech] Problem viewing PDFs with FirefoxFrom: dspace-tech-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of Reese, Terry [terry.re...@oregonstate.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 10:20 AM To: George Kozak; dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Problem viewing PDFs with Firefox I'm not sure what version of Dspace you are using, but there is a patch for this. You can find it here: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=319984&aid=1751638&group _id=19984. The issue can be found in both browsers and as the patch describes, is related to how many pdf viewers render the content inline within the browser (though, truth be told, I've only ever seen this error show up while using Adobe's Readers in FireFox -- which is why I switched to the FoxIt PDF Readers long time ago). --TR ******************************************* Terry Reese Cataloger for Networked Resources Digital Production Unit Head Oregon State University Libraries Corvallis, OR 97331 tel: 541-737-6384 email: terry.re...@oregonstate.edu http: http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset ******************************************* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ From: dspace-tech-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of George Kozak Sent: Wed 10/3/2007 6:41 AM To: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Dspace-tech] Problem viewing PDFs with Firefox Hi... I can't recall if this has been mentioned on the list, but we (at Cornell) have found a problem with our users viewing PDF's larger that 6MB from DSpace if they are using Firefox. For instance, the following item http://hdl.handle.net/1813/3900 has a PDF that is 6.4MB. If you try to view it with IE, it's fine. If you try to view it with Firefox, you get the message: "The file is damaged and could not be repaired". I am not sure where the breakpoint is, but I know that other PDFs less than 6MB can be viewed. *************************** George Kozak Coordinator Web Development and Management Digital Media Group 501 Olin Library Cornell University 607-255-8924 *************************** g...@cornell.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech -----Original Message----- From: Shane Beers [mailto:sbe...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:48 PM To: dspace-tech Tech Subject: [Dspace-tech] Bug (?) opening a PDF in IR via firefox I'm going to guess this is related to the default functionality of how firefox opens PDFs, but I'll ask here anyway. The collection admin for a particular section of our IR wrote me saying that she was getting an error opening a PDF from the IR. She would get the error "The file is damaged and could not be repaired" from Adobe Acrobat. If she right clicked and saved as... to her computer and opened it it was fine. It also opened fine from IE. My guess is that Acrobat is trying to open the file before it has actually completed downloading. The file is 27mb, so that could potentially be the issue. It works fine from my mac and firefox browser, however. Is this a problem anyone else has run into? If so, is it something that can be "fixed" from DSpace's end? Thanks. Shane Beers Digital Repository Services Librarian George Mason University sbe...@gmu.edu http://mars.gmu.edu 703-993-3742 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
