Re: [WebDNA] Retrieving a PDF from an email
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2008
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 101453
interpreted = N
texte = > Maybe it's got nothing whatsoever to > do with the topic ... I think it has everything to do with the topic, and I'll bet that's exactly what's going on here. PDF's are binary files so they probably have one or more null characters in them, and if they do this explains why WebDNA chokes on them. Thanks Steve! Sincerely, Ken Grome > Don't know if it's relevant to your situation as I > haven't really been paying attention but, I had problems > trying to do an XOR thing a while back and I always found > that WebDNA choked whenever it came up against a null > character. Neither the decrypt or encode things seemed to > be able to get past them. May be that's the problem, I > never did get a workaround.. > > Cheers > PS Maybe it's got nothing whatsoever to do with the > topic, if so apologies for wasting this precious > bandwidth!! > ======================================== > Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd > Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 > ======================================== > http://www.asylumweb.com > Email: steve@asylumweb.com > Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig > ======================================== > > On 18 Nov 2008, at 14:33, Govinda wrote: > > On Nov 18, 2008, at 12:22 AM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > >> The problem I'm imagining with decrypt in your case is > >> that a .pdf file might contain a string of characters > >> that looks like it needs to be decrypted when in > >> reality that string of characters should not be > >> decrypted ... kind of like when my original text has a > >> string such as %20 in it but unurl changes this string > >> into a space character instead of leaving it as %20. > > > > That sounds like we aren't sure what pdfs are made of. > > Are they actually encoded just in certain parts of the > > file? I never looked into what makes up a pdf... > > Stuart, you must have tried dealing with attachments > > that are other file types to see how that compares? > > ------------------------------------------------------- > >-- This message is sent to you because you are > > subscribed to the mailing list
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> Maybe it's got nothing whatsoever to > do with the topic ... I think it has everything to do with the topic, and I'll bet that's exactly what's going on here. PDF's are binary files so they probably have one or more null characters in them, and if they do this explains why WebDNA chokes on them. Thanks Steve! Sincerely, Ken Grome > Don't know if it's relevant to your situation as I > haven't really been paying attention but, I had problems > trying to do an XOR thing a while back and I always found > that WebDNA choked whenever it came up against a null > character. Neither the decrypt or encode things seemed to > be able to get past them. May be that's the problem, I > never did get a workaround.. > > Cheers > PS Maybe it's got nothing whatsoever to do with the > topic, if so apologies for wasting this precious > bandwidth!! > ======================================== > Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd > Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 > ======================================== > http://www.asylumweb.com > Email: steve@asylumweb.com > Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig > ======================================== > > On 18 Nov 2008, at 14:33, Govinda wrote: > > On Nov 18, 2008, at 12:22 AM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > >> The problem I'm imagining with decrypt in your case is > >> that a .pdf file might contain a string of characters > >> that looks like it needs to be decrypted when in > >> reality that string of characters should not be > >> decrypted ... kind of like when my original text has a > >> string such as %20 in it but unurl changes this string > >> into a space character instead of leaving it as %20. > > > > That sounds like we aren't sure what pdfs are made of. > > Are they actually encoded just in certain parts of the > > file? I never looked into what makes up a pdf... > > Stuart, you must have tried dealing with attachments > > that are other file types to see how that compares? > > ------------------------------------------------------- > >-- This message is sent to you because you are > > subscribed to the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/
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