Re: [WebDNA] Retrieving a PDF from an email
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 101443
interpreted = N
texte = The problem I'm imagining with decrypt in your case is that=20 a .pdf file might contain a string of characters that looks=20 like it needs to be decrypted when in reality that string=20 of characters should not be decrypted ... kind of like when=20 my original text has a string such as %20 in it but unurl=20 changes this string into a space character instead of=20 leaving it as %20. =20 If this is what's going on the .pdf's may never be recovered=20 successfully because every time they have that particular=20 string of characters in them decrypt will 'decrypt' those=20 characters when it really should leave them alone, and then=20 you're stuck with a broken file. Short of zipping the .pdf=20 before it is sent or letting a mail client retrieve it=20 instead of webdna, I don't see any way around this problem. If this task is particularly important and not just a=20 proof-of-concept exercise, you'll probably save time by=20 putting a mail client on the server and making it check the=20 mail account you're currently checking with webdna. Then=20 let webdna find the downloaded file in the mail client's=20 folders and do something with it from there. Sincerely, Ken Grome > I think I am getting closer to the answer, it is just > that the problem is getting bigger. > > > It looks like the DECRYPT is probably working OK until it > get to a couple of characters in the PDF file as it > always ends at the same spot in any of the 70 files I > have processed. > > > x=E2=81=84=C3=A3=C3=A9U0PH=C2=B7=C3=82=02
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The problem I'm imagining with decrypt in your case is that=20 a .pdf file might contain a string of characters that looks=20 like it needs to be decrypted when in reality that string=20 of characters should not be decrypted ... kind of like when=20 my original text has a string such as %20 in it but unurl=20 changes this string into a space character instead of=20 leaving it as %20. =20 If this is what's going on the .pdf's may never be recovered=20 successfully because every time they have that particular=20 string of characters in them decrypt will 'decrypt' those=20 characters when it really should leave them alone, and then=20 you're stuck with a broken file. Short of zipping the .pdf=20 before it is sent or letting a mail client retrieve it=20 instead of webdna, I don't see any way around this problem. If this task is particularly important and not just a=20 proof-of-concept exercise, you'll probably save time by=20 putting a mail client on the server and making it check the=20 mail account you're currently checking with webdna. Then=20 let webdna find the downloaded file in the mail client's=20 folders and do something with it from there. Sincerely, Ken Grome > I think I am getting closer to the answer, it is just > that the problem is getting bigger. > > > It looks like the DECRYPT is probably working OK until it > get to a couple of characters in the PDF file as it > always ends at the same spot in any of the 70 files I > have processed. > > > x=E2=81=84=C3=A3=C3=A9U0PH=C2=B7=C3=82=02
Kenneth Grome
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