Bug in ExtractFilePages?

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   I used ExtractFilePages() to create a new pdf file with a selection of pages from another pdf file 

This works fine, a new PDF with the selected pages is available, and Adobe Acrobat displays the new pdf correctly

But, if i now make thumbnails of the new pdf with DARenderPageToFile(), then I have no text in the thumbnails! So the thumbnail contains images und other objects, but No Text :/

If I make thumbnails from the original pdf, from which the new pdf was extracted, it works fine!

I tried another program to extract images of each page (ghostscript on the commandline). And here I got page thumbnails WITH text of the original and the extracted pdf... Only QuickPDF has no text in the thumbnails of the pdf, which QuickPDF has extracted.

Has anyone an idea how I can fix this? 

Edited by sobisch - 10 Feb 10 at 8:39AM

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sobisch Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 29 Jan 10 Location: NRW Germany Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote sobisch Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Bug in ExtractFilePages? Posted: 10 Feb 10 at 8:39AM
	I used ExtractFilePages() to create a new pdf file with a selection of pages from another pdf file This works fine, a new PDF with the selected pages is available, and Adobe Acrobat displays the new pdf correctly But, if i now make thumbnails of the new pdf with DARenderPageToFile(), then I have no text in the thumbnails! So the thumbnail contains images und other objects, but No Text :/ If I make thumbnails from the original pdf, from which the new pdf was extracted, it works fine! I tried another program to extract images of each page (ghostscript on the commandline). And here I got page thumbnails WITH text of the original and the extracted pdf... Only QuickPDF has no text in the thumbnails of the pdf, which QuickPDF has extracted. Has anyone an idea how I can fix this? Edited by sobisch - 10 Feb 10 at 8:39AM

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3530	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Feb 10 at 12:27PM
	Hi! If you're doint it in one run then that's the problem. ExtractFilePages is a normal function... Don't mix these normal functions with DA-functions! If you need this DA-function then you should create the thumbnails in a second process. Cheers, Ingo

sobisch Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 29 Jan 10 Location: NRW Germany Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote sobisch Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Feb 10 at 12:34PM
	the script which creates the Thumbnails is a different script It creates perfekt thumbnails of the original pdf, but in the extracted pdf pages (new pdf), there is no Text in the thumbnails :/

sobisch Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 29 Jan 10 Location: NRW Germany Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote sobisch Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Feb 10 at 3:20PM
	Something goes wrong... If I use DAExtractPageText($filehandle, $pagehandle,0) on the extracted new pdf... I got content Like this: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ??????????????????????###?????%%%%%% &????????????(((())))))*#????????????? ??????????+++++++++???????????++++??????????????? The same Script on the Original File extract the plain text without problems :/ Maybe I should try to re-install Quick PDF ;) Edited by sobisch - 10 Feb 10 at 3:26PM

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3530	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Feb 10 at 6:13AM
	Hi! Reinstall sure won't help. Post it in the official Debenu-support-forum. Cheers, Ingo