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Re: [Swftools-common] swftools-0.8.1 question


From: Chris Pugh
Subject: Re: [Swftools-common] swftools-0.8.1 question
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 19:44:02 +0000

FWIW, and at the risk of stating the obvious .. maybe you should look
very closely at how you
actually compiled swftools in your '64 bit environment'?!

Chris.

>2009/1/9 Robert Brueckmann <address@hidden>:
> In case anyone cares, I also did something else.  The version we're running
> in the 32-bit environment turns out to be 0.8.1 also…not the 2004-11-13
> version…and the 32-bit compiled version of 0.8.1 loads the swf file into
> both out 32-bit and 64-bit deployed applications.  The 64-bit compiled 0.8.1
> version generates the swf file successfully but when we load it into our
> application using the same identical code, it appears, then blinks out.  I'm
> adding some more debugging to my application but I'm at a loss…
>
> Can someone tell me what the fundamental difference would be between the
> 32-bit and 64-bit compiled versions of swftools 0.8.1?  This doesn't make
> any sense.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> MERLIN
> ––
> Robert Brueckmann
> Vice President
> Application Developer
>
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>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden
> On Behalf Of Robert Brueckmann
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:30 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: RE: [Swftools-common] swftools-0.8.1 question
>
>
>
> Ok, so I removed all parameters I'm passing to the pdf2swf utility and one
> by one added them back in and I found that the –z parameter is what's adding
> the new swfcombine call, which is failing anyway because the utility isn't
> available…not sure if the resulting compilation on the 64-bit O/S was
> successful or not.
>
>
>
> The odd thing is, I see the swf load into my Flex app and the blinks out and
> disappears…I zoom in, it appears magically.  If I download the generated swf
> file to my local machine and open it up using the Flash Player, it opens up
> and looks perfectly normal.  Looks like I'm going to have to dig into my own
> application but why this behavior is varying between the old version of
> swftools and this is beyond me…anyone have any ideas?
>
>
>
> MERLIN
> ––
> Robert Brueckmann
> Vice President
> Application Developer
>
> 712 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor
> New York NY 10019
> d: (212) 822-4821
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>
>
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden
> On Behalf Of Robert Brueckmann
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:38 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [Swftools-common] swftools-0.8.1 question
>
>
>
> We downloaded the source for linux and compiled it on our RHEL 5.2 64-bit
> environment without a hitch.  We were previously running a very old version
> of swftools on our 32-bit RHEL environment and since we were upgrading O/S
> we figured we'd upgrade the swftools.  Problem is, I'm noticing the
> resulting SWF files are not loading into our application the same way the
> SWF files generated with the old version are.  The older version is
> swftools-2004-11-13-2026.
>
>
>
> We make a call from our java class to pdf2swf to convert PDF documents to
> SWF and load them into our Adobe Flex app…the old swftools from 32-bit
> running in 64-bit generates the file no problem, newly compiled in 64-bit
> 0.8.1 flashes the swf file and then shrinks it to the point of invisibility
> and then I have to use my zoom widget I created to zoom in to see the
> report.  The only glaringly obvious difference I see between these two
> versions is that the 2004 swftools version sends output to the console
> simply ending with:
>
>
>
> NOTICE  SWF written
>
>
>
> With the new 0.8.1 version, I see:
>
>
>
> NOTICE  SWF written
>
> swfcombine -z -X 1130 -Y 850 "(null)"
> viewport="/opt/weblogic/tmp/RBRUECKMANN151231446346568.swf" -o
> "/opt/weblogic/tmp/RBRUECKMANN151231446346568.swf"
>
>
>
> What's the deal with this extra swfcombine call?  Where is it coming from?
> Looks like it's combining the two swfs together or making the viewport of
> the swf THE SWF (seems cyclical, no?), if I'm reading this correctly.  How
> do I get rid of this step?  Is this by default?  Is this normal?  Anyone
> have any ideas?  I think this is what's screwing up the load of this SWF
> into my Flex app.
>
>
>
> The parameters I'm calling pdf2swf to against BOTH versions (code is the
> same) are:
>
>
>
> String[] command = {swftoolsPath + "pdf2swf/pdf2swf",
>
>                               "-z",
>
>                               "-i",
>
>                               "-F",
>
>                               swftoolsPath + "pdf2swf/fonts",
>
>                               "-s",
>
>                               "insertstop",
>
>                               "-s",
>
>                               "zoom=100",
>
>                               reportFile.getAbsolutePath() + ".pdf",
>
>                               "-o",
>
>                               reportFile.getAbsolutePath() + ".swf"};
>
>
>
> Anybody have any ideas?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks,
>
> MERLIN
> ––
> Robert Brueckmann
> Vice President
> Application Developer
>
> 712 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor
> New York NY 10019
> d: (212) 822-4821
>
>
>
>
>
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