Bug 40269 - Cannot open the PDF file which generated by FOP in Adobe Illustrator
Summary: Cannot open the PDF file which generated by FOP in Adobe Illustrator
Status: CLOSED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Fop - Now in Jira
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pdf (show other bugs)
Version: 0.20.5
Hardware: Other Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: fop-dev
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Reported: 2006-08-16 19:16 UTC by KevinTan
Modified: 2012-04-01 13:53 UTC (History)
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Description KevinTan 2006-08-16 19:16:39 UTC
We are having a problem opening the pdf files that are being generated with 
XSL-FO. We need to open the file in Adobe Illustrator to look at the font 
sizes to make sure they are correct. We currently get this message when we try 
to open the file:
 
Could not create internal representation of XMP metadata. 

Thanks,
Kevin
Comment 1 Jeremias Maerki 2006-08-17 07:23:43 UTC
That sounds like a bug in Illustrator. FOP 0.20.5 creates PDF version 1.3 which
does not support XMP metadata, so it's no wonder that Illustrator cannot create
an internal representation of XMP metadata. Actually, Illustrator shouldn't even
try to do anything with XMP metadata if it encounters a version 1.3 PDF.

Since I've submitted a few bug reports about Adobe Acrobat myself I know that
reporting a bug for Illustrator with Adobe probably won't help at all (just gets
ignored and the receipt not even acknowledged). So, a work-around could be to
try the latest FOP code from Subversion (FOP Trunk) which contains full XMP
support. FOP 0.92beta could also work although it hasn't got the full XMP story in.

But don't be surprised if it doesn't work even with the latest FOP version.
While implementing support for XMP, PDF/X-3:2003 and PDF/A-1b I found all sorts
of weird behaviour in Adobe software. The Adobe stuff seems to be deficient
concerning interoperability. Although FOP strongly adheres to Adobe's
specifications Adobe Acrobat reports errors in preflight checks in FOP-generated
PDFs. Still a few bugs left in their software.

As an alternative to Illustrator, you can also check font sizes in Adobe Acrobat
(not the Reader edition). OTOH, you can trust FOP to generate the right font
sizes if you specified them correctly in XSL-FO.
Comment 2 Glenn Adams 2012-04-01 13:53:56 UTC
batch transition to closed remaining pre-FOP1.0 resolved bugs