Issue 719 - sumatrapdf - PDF without startxref section not opening with Sumatra

Issue 719:	PDF without startxref section not opening with Sumatra
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Status:	Fixed
Owner:	zeniko
Closed:	Dec 09
Type-Defect
Priority-Medium
MuPDF

Reported by govsq1, Nov 07, 2009

 post a link in the bug description.

LMcDrehab@drop.io

This asp opened @ drop-io

Comment 1 by kkowalczyk, Nov 08, 2009

We need to have the PDF file that shows the problem. If the PDF file is on the web, 
please post a direct link to that file.

If not, please upload it to http://drop.io and post a link to that file on drop.io.

Also, I don't understand what an "asp" is. Sumatra is a reader for PDF files.

Comment 2 by lev.bishop, Nov 08, 2009

I assume this is the file in question:
http://drop.io/LMcDrehab

Comment 3 by kkowalczyk, Nov 08, 2009

This PDF doesn't have startxref so mupdf fails to open it. It does open in FoxIt.

Labels: MuPDF

Comment 4 by kkowalczyk, Nov 08, 2009

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Summary: PDF not opening with Sumatra

Comment 5 by kkowalczyk, Nov 08, 2009

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Summary: PDF without startxref section not opening with Sumatra

Comment 6 by kkowalczyk, Nov 08, 2009

Per embedded metadata it was created with http://www.activepdf.com. The PDF is just one 
scanned page.

Comment 7 by sebras, Nov 09, 2009

Well, actually it does have a startxref but it is in the middle of the file with a lot 
of trailing html/javascript. In essence MuPDFs repair code is fooled into attempting to 
parse a PDF object by one of the javascript variable names being "obj". There may be a 
way to circumvent this, but it is just at the idea stage so far. One wonders why there 
are soo many broken pdfs out there... :-/

 / Sebastian

Comment 8 by zeniko, Dec 09, 2009

This issue should have been fixed with r1600.

Status: Fixed
Owner: zeniko