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  1. PDFBox
  2. PDFBOX-1511

pdfMerger App produces Garbage

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 1.7.1
    • 1.8.7, 2.0.0
    • Utilities
    • None
    • Win XP; Windows Server 2008 R2; java version "1.6.0_21",

    Description

      pdfbox Utility pdfMerger produces a merged document containing garbage. All merged pdf files are contained but Strings are destroyed.

      The source pdf files are created with graphviz and are readable without error or disturbance both with Acrobat X and pdfbox pdfDebug Utility.

      Another astounding thing is that a handcoded merger using pdfMergerUtility class works fine when run within Eclipse Juno and creates same garbage when run from cmd line (pls. see attached source PdfRenderer.java)

      I checked everything that comes in mind to find the differences, e.g. Java version, encoding/codepage issues, memory settings, found nothing.

      Attachments

        1. PDFBox.GlobalResourceMergeTest.Doc01.decoded.pdf
          14 kB
          Maruan Sahyoun
        2. PDFBox.GlobalResourceMergeTest.Doc02.decoded.pdf
          14 kB
          Maruan Sahyoun
        3. PDFBox.GlobalResourceMergeTest.Merged-1.8.6.pdf
          21 kB
          Maruan Sahyoun
        4. PDFBox.GlobalResourceMergeTest.Merged-1.8.7.pdf
          21 kB
          Maruan Sahyoun
        5. 078118.pdf
          1.01 MB
          Tilman Hausherr
        6. 078117u2.pdf
          6.45 MB
          Tilman Hausherr
        7. 078117u1.pdf
          6.45 MB
          Tilman Hausherr
        8. PDFMergerUtility.java.diff
          3 kB
          Kirk Haines
        9. PDFMergerUtility.java
          16 kB
          Kirk Haines
        10. PdfRenderer.java
          2 kB
          Michael Huber
        11. targetPdfMergeUtilityApp.pdf
          105 kB
          Michael Huber
        12. targetPdfMergeJava.pdf
          105 kB
          Michael Huber
        13. 2.pdf
          91 kB
          Michael Huber
        14. 1.pdf
          85 kB
          Michael Huber

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            pdfbox_mike Michael Huber
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