Re: Re: Android Problem
Alan Laas <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:12:06 -0500
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--Apple-Mail-8E02707B-CB8E-43EB-B709-16931F3D8A5D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I don't. I need them to be dynamically generated every time. In fact, one = of the reasons I'm using mod_rewrite is so that they appear to be static fi= les even when they are not. Alan Laas On Jun 11, 2013, at 7:59 AM, "John" <[email protected]> wr= ote: > In my case, I need to save the PDF anyway, so I have to write it to disk.= Nevertheless, I found after a lot of experimentation that reading the PDF = from file was the most reliable method of ensuring it got to the browser. >=20 > --- In [email protected], Alan Laas <alaas@...> wrote= : > > > > I was planning on doing that as a last resort but only if I have to. Se= emed kind of silly to write it to disk when it was already in memory. The o= nly time I usually do stuff like that is when I'm using a module or some ot= her program that doesn't seem to give me the option to handle it in memory = alone. > >=20 > > Alan Laas > >=20 > > On Jun 11, 2013, at 7:43 AM, "John" <johngosling@...> wrote: > >=20 > > > Yes, that's correct.=20 > > >=20 > > > --- In [email protected], Alan Laas <alaas@> wrot= e: > > > > > > > > So with your method you write the file temporarily to the HD then r= ead it back to stream it to the browser? > > > >=20 > > > > Alan Laas > > > >=20 > > > > On Jun 11, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Alan Laas <alaas@> wrote: > > > >=20 > > > > > I did notice in the download manager that when it attempted to do= wnload the file it failed to get the file name from the URL like it does in= a PC browser so that may be the problem. I will give that a shot. Thanks. > > > > >=20 > > > > > Alan Laas > > > > >=20 > > > > > On Jun 11, 2013, at 7:19 AM, "John" <johngosling@> wrote: > > > > >=20 > > > > >>=20 > > > > >>=20 > > > > >>=20 > > > > >> Hi, > > > > >>=20 > > > > >> I never use stringify() for streaming PDFs to the browser, rathe= r something like this - which seems to be reliable for various devices: > > > > >>=20 > > > > >> print "Content-Type:application/pdf\n"; > > > > >> print "Content-Disposition:attachment;filename=3D$shortfilename\= n\n";=20 > > > > >> open INF, $filename or error_message("reportfailed"); > > > > >> binmode INF; binmode STDOUT;=20 > > > > >> while (read(INF, $buff, 8 * 2**10)) {print $buff;} close INF; > > > > >>=20 > > > > >> Though it might be that your method will work if you include the= Content-Disposition header as above. > > > > >>=20 > > > > >> --- In [email protected], Alan Laas <alaas@>= wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > >> > I'm having a problem getting Android devices to download PDFs = generated=20 > > > > >> > with PDF::API2. The download always seems to fail. Not sure wh= y. I have=20 > > > > >> > tried multiple devices and the browser seems to pass off the r= equest=20 > > > > >> > fine for static PDF's to the Acrobat Reader app just not the o= ne's that=20 > > > > >> > are dynamically generated via a script. The URL's are using mo= d_rewrite=20 > > > > >> > to pass a request for a file with the .pdf extension to the sc= ript=20 > > > > >> > instead of an actual file and I am using the following method = to stream=20 > > > > >> > the PDF back to the client: > > > > >> >=20 > > > > >> > print "Content-type:application/pdf\n\n"; > > > > >> > print $pdf->stringify(); > > > > >> > $pdf->end(); > > > > >> >=20 > > > > >> > Anyone have a clue what I'm doing wrong? > > > > >> > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > > > > > > >=20 > > > > > >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-8E02707B-CB8E-43EB-B709-16931F3D8A5D Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style="background-color: #fff;"> <span style="display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"> <div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-text" > <p><div>I don't. I need them to be dynamically generated every time. In fact, one of the reasons I'm using mod_rewrite is so that they appear to be static files even when they are not.<br><br>Alan Laas</div><div><br>On Jun 11, 2013, at 7:59 AM, "John" <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div> <span> </span> <div id="ygrp-text"> <p>In my case, I need to save the PDF anyway, so I have to write it to disk. Nevertheless, I found after a lot of experimentation that reading the PDF from file was the most reliable method of ensuring it got to the browser.<br> <br> --- In <a href="mailto:perl-text-pdf-modules%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a>, Alan Laas <alaas@...> wrote:<br> ><br> > I was planning on doing that as a last resort but only if I have to. Seemed kind of silly to write it to disk when it was already in memory. The only time I usually do stuff like that is when I'm using a module or some other program that doesn't seem to give me the option to handle it in memory alone.<br> > <br> > Alan Laas<br> > <br> > On Jun 11, 2013, at 7:43 AM, "John" <johngosling@...> wrote:<br> > <br> > > Yes, that's correct. <br> > > <br> > > --- In <a href="mailto:perl-text-pdf-modules%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a>, Alan Laas <alaas@> wrote:<br> > > ><br> > > > So with your method you write the file temporarily to the HD then read it back to stream it to the browser?<br> > > > <br> > > > Alan Laas<br> > > > <br> > > > On Jun 11, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Alan Laas <alaas@> wrote:<br> > > > <br> > > > > I did notice in the download manager that when it attempted to download the file it failed to get the file name from the URL like it does in a PC browser so that may be the problem. I will give that a shot. Thanks.<br> > > > > <br> > > > > Alan Laas<br> > > > > <br> > > > > On Jun 11, 2013, at 7:19 AM, "John" <johngosling@> wrote:<br> > > > > <br> > > > >> <br> > > > >> <br> > > > >> <br> > > > >> Hi,<br> > > > >> <br> > > > >> I never use stringify() for streaming PDFs to the browser, rather something like this - which seems to be reliable for various devices:<br> > > > >> <br> > > > >> print "Content-Type:application/pdf\n";<br> > > > >> print "Content-Disposition:attachment;filename=$shortfilename\n\n"; <br> > > > >> open INF, $filename or error_message("reportfailed");<br> > > > >> binmode INF; binmode STDOUT; <br> > > > >> while (read(INF, $buff, 8 * 2**10)) {print $buff;} close INF;<br> > > > >> <br> > > > >> Though it might be that your method will work if you include the Content-Disposition header as above.<br> > > > >> <br> > > > >> --- In <a href="mailto:perl-text-pdf-modules%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a>, Alan Laas <alaas@> wrote:<br> > > > >> ><br> > > > >> > I'm having a problem getting Android devices to download PDFs generated <br> > > > >> > with PDF::API2. The download always seems to fail. Not sure why. I have <br> > > > >> > tried multiple devices and the browser seems to pass off the request <br> > > > >> > fine for static PDF's to the Acrobat Reader app just not the one's that <br> > > > >> > are dynamically generated via a script. The URL's are using mod_rewrite <br> > > > >> > to pass a request for a file with the .pdf extension to the script <br> > > > >> > instead of an actual file and I am using the following method to stream <br> > > > >> > the PDF back to the client:<br> > > > >> > <br> > > > >> > print "Content-type:application/pdf\n\n";<br> > > > >> > print $pdf->stringify();<br> > > > >> > $pdf->end();<br> > > > >> > <br> > > > >> > Anyone have a clue what I'm doing wrong?<br> > > > >> ><br> > > > > <br> > > > ><br> > > ><br> > > <br> > ><br> ><br> <br> </p> </div> <!-- end group email --> </div></blockquote></p> </div> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <div style="color: #fff; height: 0;">__._,_.___</div> <table cellspacing=4px style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA " > <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perl-text-pdf-modules/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJwMHY2ZmxtBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTczODIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3NzA5BG1zZ0lkAzM3NjYEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxMzcwOTU2MzI4?act=reply&messageNum=3766">Reply via web post</a> </td> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA; " > <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20%5Bperl-text-pdf-modules%5D%20Re%3A%20Android%20Problem" style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD;"> Reply to sender </a> </td> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA; "> <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20%5Bperl-text-pdf-modules%5D%20Re%3A%20Android%20Problem" style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD"> Reply to group </a> </td> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA; " > <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perl-text-pdf-modules/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJlY2FzaG80BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTczODIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3NzA5BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTM3MDk1NjMyOA--" style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD">Start a New Topic</a> </td> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #2D50FD; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA; " > <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perl-text-pdf-modules/message/3757;_ylc=X3oDMTM0MDM5bGVwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTczODIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3NzA5BG1zZ0lkAzM3NjYEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMzcwOTU2MzI4BHRwY0lkAzM3NTc-" style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD;">Messages in this topic</a> (10) </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!------- Start Nav Bar ------> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-vital" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 10px;"> <span id="vithd" style="font-weight: bold; color: #333; text-transform: uppercase; ">Recent Activity:</span> <ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: inline;"> </ul> <div style="clear: both; padding-top: 2px; color: #1e66ae;"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perl-text-pdf-modules;_ylc=X3oDMTJlMGZhNmszBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTczODIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3NzA5BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZnaHAEc3RpbWUDMTM3MDk1NjMyOA--" style="text-decoration: none;">Visit Your Group</a> </div> </div> <div id="ygrp-grfd" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; padding: 15px 0;"> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:<BR> perl-text-pdf-modules-unsubscribe-Km8ibD4bFueDmjp1MlKEbA@public.gmane.org<BR> <BR> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> </div> <div id="ft" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0 2px 0 0; clear: both;"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkc2w2YmtqBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTczODIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3NzA5BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxMzcwOTU2MzI4" style="float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/yg/logo/us.gif" height="15" width="137" alt="Yahoo! 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