[Zope] Strange pdf problem

[Arian de Wit]

Hi All,

> We have a pdf file in our [Zope] database, and there's a problem with
> displaying it.   

> Some PDFs work others don't.  On my machine with only Adobe Acrobat
> Reader, I get the blank screen.  On one of my colleagues with the full
> Adobe installation, we don't get the problem.   

We have found a workaround for this problem, as follows:

Open the PDF from a local copy into full Acrobat.
Save As a .PS file with a different name.
Double-click the .PS file to have Acrobat distill it to a new PDF (often much 
smaller, like 4MB down to 300KB!) 
Upload the new PDF into Zope and test. (FYI, we often use ExternalFile for 
large PDFs to prevent bloating the ZOD, but not always. In doing so, the 
object's "behave like" property needs to be set to "Image".)

This worked for us on the few problem PDFs we've had so far -- YMMV.


Cheers,

Arian
 
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Arian de Wit
Information Systems Integration Manager
NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research)
Gate 10 Silverdale Road, Box 11-115, Hamilton, New Zealand 2001
Phone (+64) 7-856 1769
Fax (+64) 7-856 0151
Web http://www.niwa.co.nz
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