Posted by Deepak Dhake on 01/20/05 21:13

Hi Richard,
There is a concept called "byte-serving" with you can control the
loading of PDF file using PHP. I am not very sure how to do it. If you
get a chance to look into it then please let me know.

Thanks,
Deepak

Richard Lynch wrote:

>Deepak Dhake wrote:
>
>
>>Can anyone tell me how to read large PDF file and outputs it but the PDF
>>file should load page by page before it completely downloads.
>>
>>
>
>I think that's more of an Adobe question than PHP, really...
>
>I vaguely recall that you could make this happen (only?) if you were using
>not just a plain PDF, but a PDF with PDI (FDI???) where, essentially, your
>PDF file references *other* PDF files, and those get sucked down
>separately.
>
>Note that this is the big-time feature where you have to PAY MONEY for
>libPDF and similar products, as I recall. IE, without this feature, it
>was free/cheap, but if you wanted this, you'd pay (more).
>
>Since I never needed this feature, I only skimmed through it all, and
>could be completely wrong.
>
>Also note that, almost for sure, when you send out the "main" PDF, and
>then that PDF sucks down all the other PDFs, you are really chewing up a
>*LOT* of HTTP connections opening and closing. Seems kind of expensive to
>me for the sake of showing the user one page/part of a giant PDF in
>advance...
>
>At that point, it seems to me you'd better serve the end user by having
>separate PDF files, if at all possible, and let them download the parts
>they want, or just warn them it will be awhile to download... YMMV NAIAA
>IANAL
>
>It's REAL easy to bloat PDF files very fast, and having monster PDF files
>seems like a Bad Idea (tm) to me, in general. I'm sure there are specific
>cases where it's the Right Answer and your needs may well be one of them
>-- I just want to make sure you understand the ramifications before you go
>down the garden path.
>
>
>

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