[REBOL] Re: how do you read a pdf file?
From: chalz:earthlink at: 29-Oct-2002 13:51
I'm using REBOL/Core on Windows 98SE, and it seems to be working, sort of.
Here are my results:
> Am checking Read with different items over the internet, I'm using view
> pro and I only seem to be able to get ahold of text files, I get errors
> if I try to read, open, size? Modified? on gif, pdf, and jpg files so
> far.
>
> Have tried Read with various refinements, inclusive binary
>
> I don't think this is a code error as I am just writing the single liner
> read/binary http://www.xml.com/images/logo_tagline.jpg
== #{
FFD8FFE000104A46494600010201004800480000FFED022850686F746F73686F
7020332E30003842494D040400000000000D1C0200000200021C02780001...
> read/binary http://www.mediamaxx.biz/pdfeksempler/demo.pdf
== #{
255044462D312E330A25AAABACAD0A342030206F626A0A3C3C202F5479706520
2F496E666F0A2F50726F64756365722028464F5020302E32302E3429203E...
> read/binary http://www.mediamaxx.biz/images/logoani.gif
== #{
4749463839618A022A00C41F00EFB305CACAC9FBFBFA959595665528AEAEAEFD
EBB72B2D33505050727272886C20FFC100E6E6E5AB8417C69710FCC527DE...
>> size? http://www.xml.com/images/logo_tagline.jpg
connecting to: www.xml.com
== 14954
>> modified? http://www.mediamaxx.biz/pdfeksempler/demo.pdf
connecting to: www.mediamaxx.biz
== 25-Jul-2002/16:19:49
Sounds, then, like a settings error. What kinds of results do you end up with?
