Re: [PHP + PDFLib] PHP "streaming" of PDF files
| From: | Michael Kimsal | Date: | Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:16:21 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP + PDFLib] PHP "streaming" of PDF files | ||
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Can you try it in Netscape instead?
Florent SOULIERE wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My problem is quite strange, and nobody seems to talk about this, both at
> php.net and pdflib.com.
> I use the latest public release of PHP, and PDFLib 3.0.2.
> All that I want is to generate PDF files "on the fly" using these tools. As
> the compilation process succeeded, I tried to test the really simple
> sample file given in the PHP doc ("Times Roman outlined").
> The problem is: when I use the getpdf.php file, IE 5 loads the Acrobat
> Reader AcriveX plugin, but the frame remains blank (no Acro' toolbar). So I
> tried to use the fpassthru and readfile functions to transmit a few other
> PDF files I had (manuals, licenses, tech docs)... and it worked. On the
> other hand, when I store the PDFLib-generated file locally (using HTTP
> transmition), Reader reads the sample PDF file successfully.
>
> So, thank you in advance if you can help.
>
> Here is a few other details : I tried both Zlib and no-Zlib support for PDFLib,
> but it always fails. One stranger thing is that the sample file generated by
> PDFLib's "make test" works fine with fpassthru/readfile functions.
> Finally, when a "real" Acrobat Reader session is active on the same
> machine, it stalles (as if there was a kind of infinite loop).
>
> --
> Florent SOULIERE.
> florent.souliere@free.fr
>
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