[Zope] Zope PDF display problems

Kevin Carlson khcarlso@bellsouth.net
Tue, 04 Feb 2003 16:31:34 -0500


We had this problem -- it's in Image.py.  It has to do with the way Zope 
handles HTTP-RANGE headers.  There is a fix available on the collector:

   http://collector.zope.org/Zope/671

Hope that helps,

Kevin

Boyd, Robert, CTR, OSD-PA&E wrote:

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>Hi all,
>
>I'm having a problem getting PDF files served by Zope to work within IE 5.5.
>When I create an ExternalFile or a Zope File object by uploading a pdf, I
>can view the resulting file through Netscape 4.7 and Phoenix.  But when
>trying to use IE, it seems to never get the end of the stream and never
>renders the file.  If I set Acrobat as a stand-alone for IE, rather than a
>plug-in, it works fine.  I have seen mention of various Zope/PDF problems on
>the lists, but they say this issue has been fixed.  Strangely enough, I only
>have this problem on my servers running on Linux, but my Solaris server
>doesn't have the problem.  My setup for all environments is Zope 2.5.1 with
>Hotfixes, latest ExternalFile, with Apache 1.3.26 sitting in front.  Most of
>my site's visitors will be using IE, so I need to get this working.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Rob Boyd
>
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