[iText-questions] "Missing document root" problem reading PDF

[Richard Tallent]

Hi,

I'm trying to read these three PDF files, and iText comes back with the same error:

"The document has no page root (meaning: it's an invalid PDF)."

http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1419_2014-090LR_AdminCode.pdf
http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1412_2014-083LR_AdminCode.pdf
http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1331_2013-058LR_AdminCode.pdf

Chrome's built-in PDF viewer has no problem pulling them up, nor does Adobe Reader. I'm currently using iText 5.5.3.0.

The files were apparently created from Word using Acrobat.

Any ideas? Before asking the state regulators to try to save them again, I want to be sure it's not just a bug in iText (or something I can otherwise work around in iText).

Thanks,

--
Richard Tallent
Senior Consultant
ERM

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Beaumont, TX 77702
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Mobile: [phone]


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[Paulo Soares]

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Using what version of iText?

Paulo

Hi,
I’m trying to read these three PDF files, and iText comes back with the
“The document has no page root (meaning: it's an invalid
PDF).”
http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1419_2014-090LR_AdminCode.pdf
http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1412_2014-083LR_AdminCode.pdf
http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1331_2013-058LR_AdminCode.pdf
Chrome’s built-in PDF viewer has no problem pulling them up, nor does
Adobe Reader. I’m currently using iText 5.5.3.0.
The files were apparently created from Word using Acrobat.
Any ideas? Before asking the state regulators to try to save them again, I
want to be sure it’s not just a bug in iText (or something I can otherwise
work around in iText).
Thanks,
--
Richard Tallent
Senior Consultant
ERM
2615 Calder, St. 600
Beaumont, TX 77702
Tel: [phone]
Mobile: [phone]
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[Richard Tallent]

Hi Paulo,

I’ve tried with iSharpText 5.5.3.0 and now 5.5.6 (the latest on GitHub).

I’ve re-posted the question on Stack Overflow with more detail:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29372894/why-is-itextsharp-returning-a-no-page-root-error

--Richard


From: Paulo Soares [mailto:***@gmail.com]
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Using what version of iText?
Paulo

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Richard Tallent <***@erm.com<mailto:***@erm.com>> wrote:
Hi,

I’m trying to read these three PDF files, and iText comes back with the same error:

“The document has no page root (meaning: it's an invalid PDF).”

http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1419_2014-090LR_AdminCode.pdf
http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1412_2014-083LR_AdminCode.pdf
http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1331_2013-058LR_AdminCode.pdf

Chrome’s built-in PDF viewer has no problem pulling them up, nor does Adobe Reader. I’m currently using iText 5.5.3.0.

The files were apparently created from Word using Acrobat.

Any ideas? Before asking the state regulators to try to save them again, I want to be sure it’s not just a bug in iText (or something I can otherwise work around in iText).

Thanks,
--
Richard Tallent
Senior Consultant
ERM

2615 Calder, St. 600
Beaumont, TX 77702
Tel: [phone]<tel:%2B1%20409%20833-7755>
Mobile: [phone]<tel:%2B1%20409%20781-3128>


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[Michaël Demey]

Hi,


First of, the mailing list is being abandoned, so you have a higher
chance at getting an answer on StackOverflow.

Secondly, iText 5.5.6-snapshot opens the PDFs just fine. Could you retry
with 5.5.5 or the latest build from the repo (5.5.6-SNAPSHOT)?


Kind regards,
Michaël.

Hi,
I’m trying to read these three PDF files, and iText comes back with the
“The document has no page root (meaning: it's an
invalid PDF).”
http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1419_2014-090LR_AdminCode.pdf
http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1412_2014-083LR_AdminCode.pdf
http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1331_2013-058LR_AdminCode.pdf
Chrome’s built-in PDF viewer has no problem pulling them up, nor does
Adobe Reader. I’m currently using iText 5.5.3..0.
The files were apparently created from Word using Acrobat.
Any ideas? Before asking the state regulators to try to save them again,
I want to be sure it’s not just a bug in iText (or something I can
otherwise work around in iText).
Thanks,
--
Richard Tallent
Senior Consultant
ERM
2615 Calder, St. 600
Beaumont, TX 77702
Tel: [phone]
Mobile: [phone]
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[Richard Tallent]

Thanks Michaël.

I'll post to SO in the future.

I believe I found the issue -- there was some sort of proxy failure that resulted in them sending me an error message or a partial file.

Thanks,

--Richard


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From: Michaël Demey [mailto:***@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 10:33 AM
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Subject: Re: [iText-questions] "Missing document root" problem reading PDF

Hi,


First of, the mailing list is being abandoned, so you have a higher chance at getting an answer on StackOverflow.

Secondly, iText 5.5.6-snapshot opens the PDFs just fine. Could you retry with 5.5.5 or the latest build from the repo (5.5.6-SNAPSHOT)?


Kind regards,
Michaël.

Post by Richard Tallent
Hi,
"The document has no page root (meaning: it's an invalid PDF)."
http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1419_2014-090LR_AdminCode.pdf
http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1412_2014-083LR_AdminCode.pdf
http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/1331_2013-058LR_AdminCode.pdf
Chrome's built-in PDF viewer has no problem pulling them up, nor does
Adobe Reader. I'm currently using iText 5.5.3..0.
The files were apparently created from Word using Acrobat.
Any ideas? Before asking the state regulators to try to save them again,
I want to be sure it's not just a bug in iText (or something I can
otherwise work around in iText).
Thanks,
--
Richard Tallent
Senior Consultant
ERM
2615 Calder, St. 600
Beaumont, TX 77702
Tel: [phone]
Mobile: [phone]
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