NYCPHP Meetup

[Russ Demarest]

You should be able to right click on a link to the PDF and select  
"Save Link As".

Good Luck

On May 31, 2005, at 12:29 PM, Mark Withington wrote:

> Don't save on the server.  Will try saving the file and then  
> opening it.  As
> I recall, I need to adjust Acrobat for this.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org
> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]On Behalf Of Russ Demarest
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 12:27 PM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] HTML -> PDF
>
>
> Are you saving saving the PDF file on the server then sending it to
> the browser/acrobat? Acrobat may think something is wrong if it
> stalls while HTMLDOC is generating the doc. Is it a large document?
> If you save what is generated my HTMLDOC on your local machine then
> open it with Acrobat does it work?
>
>
>
> On May 31, 2005, at 11:56 AM, Mark Withington wrote:
>
>
>> Thanks for the great input.  I'm really stumped.  The pages are
>> dynamically
>> generated.  If I simply save that as HTML and then run it through
>> HTMLDOC;
>> no problem.  When I run it, generated on the fly, the page throws
>> an error.
>> Even stranger, the page prints correctly with other data (HTML
>> generated
>> from a mysql db) and even display correctly via HTMLDOC through
>> another
>> (similar) application using the same database.
>>
>> Does anyone know if there is an error log file in Acrobat?  The debug
>> message is pretty weak, ""the file is damaged and could not be
>> repaired"
>>
>>
>> --------------------------
>> Mark L. Withington
>> PLMresearch
>> "eBusiness for the Midsize Enterprise"
>> PO Box 1354
>> Plymouth, MA  02362
>> o: 800-310-3992 ext. 704
>> f: 508-746-4973
>> v: 508-746-2383
>> m: 508-801-0181
>> http://www.PLMresearch.com
>> Netscape/AOL/MSN IM: PLMresearch
>> mwithington at plmresearch.com
>> Public Key:
>> http://www.plmdev.com/plmr/plmresearch.com/keys/MLW_public_key.asc
>> Calendar: http://www.plmdev.com/plmr/plmresearch.com/calendar.php
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org
>> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]On Behalf Of Russ Demarest
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:13 AM
>> To: NYPHP Talk
>> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] HTML -> PDF
>>
>>
>> HTMLDOC is a great app but it could be many things. Did your HTML
>> change? Is the HTML for the PDF generated dynamically? If so, perhaps
>> someone entered a strange character or something else that is
>> creating the bad PDF. Have you checked the HTMLDOC forums?
>>
>> http://htmldoc.org/
>>
>> Does it generate some pages correctly and not others? I usually have
>> to work it down until I can find a hanging white space or stray tag
>> that is problematic. Does the PDF open in any other reader? The
>> encryption might be causing an issue, are you using that? Best bet is
>> to try to recreate the error in a controlled environment, ie. simple
>> HTML.
>>
>> Good Luck
>>
>> On May 31, 2005, at 8:59 AM, Mark Withington wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I've been using htmldoc-1.8.23 for quite sometime to convert HTML
>>> to PDF's
>>> on the fly.  Recently I've been getting a lot of intermittent "the
>>> file is
>>> damaged and could not be repaired" messages from Acrobat.  Has
>>> anyone had
>>> experience tracking down errors like this?  Any suggestion for
>>> other HTML -
>>> PDF (preferably php based) scripts that might work - I need to
>>> convert
>>> images and text.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------
>>> Mark L. Withington
>>> PLMresearch
>>> "eBusiness for the Midsize Enterprise"
>>> PO Box 1354
>>> Plymouth, MA  02362
>>> o: 800-310-3992 ext. 704
>>> f: 508-746-4973
>>> v: 508-746-2383
>>> m: 508-801-0181
>>> http://www.PLMresearch.com
>>> Netscape/AOL/MSN IM: PLMresearch
>>> mwithington at plmresearch.com
>>> Public Key:
>>> http://www.plmdev.com/plmr/plmresearch.com/keys/MLW_public_key.asc
>>> Calendar: http://www.plmdev.com/plmr/plmresearch.com/calendar.php
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