[scribus] [Scribus 0007617]: cannot open pdf with nitro pdf pro

[Craig Bradney]

dwain wrote:
> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 5:13 PM, dwain <dwain.alford at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Mantis Bug Tracker
>> <scribus at scribus.info> wrote:
>>> A NOTE has been added to this issue.
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>>> http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=7617
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Reported By:                Dalford
>>> Assigned To:
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Project:                    Scribus
>>> Issue ID:                   7617
>>> Category:                   PDF
>>> Reproducibility:            always
>>> Severity:                   crash
>>> Priority:                   normal
>>> Status:                     new
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Date Submitted:             2008-11-18 03:43 CET
>>> Last Modified:              2009-05-25 00:04 CEST
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Summary:                    cannot open pdf with nitro pdf pro
>>> Description:
>>> i am using nitro pdf pro.  it crashes every time i try to open a pdf from
>>> scribus.
>>>
>>> do you think you could work with the folks who make nitro pdf so their
>>> program will open pdfs from scribus?
>>>
>>> i did install cabaret and as usual it opens the pdf fine.
>>> ======================================================================
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>  (0020665) BAlpha (reporter) - 08-Nov-18 14:12
>>>  http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=7617#c20665
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> It might be helpful if you attached a sample PDF that creates such a
>>> problem. However; no professional (or other) PDF editing program should
>>> crash because of the PDF contents. Hence you might also want to contact
>>> nitroPDF Software on this matter. And since is a crash *in nitro* and not
>>> in Scribus; it's probably hard for the Scribus developers to do much about
>>> it.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>  (0020673) cbradney (administrator) - 08-Nov-19 23:46
>>>  http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=7617#c20673
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>>> Please attach the PDF for testing, and the source file if possible. If this
>>> bug is marked as private then the public cannot see the attachments if that
>>> is required. Without something to test, we canno tmake progress and this
>>> bug will have to be closed as unable to reproduce.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>  (0020674) Dalford (reporter) - 08-Nov-20 00:53
>>>  http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=7617#c20674
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> attached are the .sla and pdf files.  hope this helps.
>>>
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>>>  (0021801) avox (administrator) - 09-May-25 00:04
>>>  http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=7617#c21801
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Try using one of the standard fonts for the form entry fields. Using an
>>> embedded "Bauhaus-Medium" font for this purpose is quite a challenge for a
>>> PDF reader and wasn't supported in earlier PDF versions IIRC.
>>>
>>> Issue History
>>> Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change
>>> ======================================================================
>>> 08-Nov-18 03:43  Dalford        New Issue
>>> 08-Nov-18 14:12  BAlpha         Note Added: 0020665
>>> 08-Nov-19 23:46  cbradney       Note Added: 0020673
>>> 08-Nov-20 00:51  Dalford        File Added: kdd-receipt.sla
>>> 08-Nov-20 00:52  Dalford        File Added: studiokdd-receipt.pdf
>>>
>>> 08-Nov-20 00:53  Dalford        Note Added: 0020674
>>> 09-May-25 00:04  avox           Note Added: 0021801
>>> ======================================================================
>> i will try that and see what happens.  although bauhaus is a kind of
>> trademark font for the business.
> 
> you can close this out.  the nitro pdf team fixed the bug.  thanks for the look.
> regards,

It would have been easier if it was open source :)

Craig