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  1. PDFBox
  2. PDFBOX-680

Adding XMP data to a PDF causes different kinds of mutilations of the original pdf.

Details

    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Blocker
    • Resolution: Invalid
    • 0.7.3
    • None
    • Writing
    • Windows XP

    Description

      We are using PdfBox for a Material Workflow application for one of the major Newspaper publishers in the Netherland.
      One of the things we use PdfBox for is adding MMP data to the XML file.
      Doing this causes different kinds of mutilation of the original pdf.

      The way in which this occurs varies. Sometimes a character is altered, sometimes an element or complete ad is mutilated, sometimes the color of/in an ad is changed.
      These files also tend crash Adobe Acrobat (Professional 9, with Pitstop Professional) (not all files);
      The files also may create a "Failed to open PDF file" when trying to place it InDesign (not all files).

      We use the following source in out application:

      InputStream pdfStream = Core.getFileDocumentContent(pdfFileDocument.getMendixObject());
      PDDocument pdfDoc = PDDocument.load(pdfStream);
      PDDocumentInformation pdfInfo = pdfDoc.getDocumentInformation();

      IMendixObject materiaalMetaMendixObject = xmpDocument.getMendixObject();
      Set<String> memberKeys = materiaalMetaMendixObject.getMembers().keySet();
      for (String memberKey : memberKeys) {
      Object member = materiaalMetaMendixObject.getMember(memberKey).getValue();
      if (member!= null)

      { String memberString = member.toString(); if (memberKey.startsWith("XMP")) pdfInfo.setCustomMetadataValue(memberKey, memberString); }

      }
      pdfDoc.setDocumentInformation(pdfInfo);

      pdfDoc.save(pdfOutputPath + File.separator + fileName);
      pdfDoc.close();
      pdfStream.close();

      Please HELP

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          timsener Rene Smit added a comment -

          Some examples of file Mutilations occuring when adding meta(XMP)data to a PDF

          timsener Rene Smit added a comment - Some examples of file Mutilations occuring when adding meta(XMP)data to a PDF

          Am I right that you are using the quite old version 0.7.3?
          Did you ever try a more recent version, e.g. 1.1.0?
          If the pdf is somehow scrambled, what kind of MetaData did you add to those pdfs?
          Is it possible to get a hand of at least one of these files?

          lehmi Andreas Lehmkühler added a comment - Am I right that you are using the quite old version 0.7.3? Did you ever try a more recent version, e.g. 1.1.0? If the pdf is somehow scrambled, what kind of MetaData did you add to those pdfs? Is it possible to get a hand of at least one of these files?

          Closed as we never got any answer.

          lehmi Andreas Lehmkühler added a comment - Closed as we never got any answer.

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            lehmi Andreas Lehmkühler
            timsener Rene Smit
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