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how do you read a pdf file?

 [1/6] from: bry::itnisk::com at: 29-Oct-2002 18:41


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 or read/binary http://www.mediamaxx.biz/pdfeksempler/demo.pdf or read/binary http://www.mediamaxx.biz/images/logoani.gif so it must be some sort of settings error.

 [2/6] 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
<<quoted lines omitted: 3>>
> 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?

 [3/6] from: bry:itnisk at: 29-Oct-2002 20:40


Whoa, getting your email I fired up Rebol again and now they all work. Hmm, I think what happened was at one point during the last Rebol session I was fiddling with the Proxy settings, they messed up, then I reset them and things seemed to be going well again, no idea why some things were working but others just quit. The error I had was Access Error cannot access open-proto That is of course dependant on my memory but I believe it said that. So thanks for emailing just as I was gonna head home, and causing me to get lost inside Rebol for another 20 minutes or so :) By the by if I do the following: Read http:// I get <html> <head> <script language="JavaScript"> var thisUrl=document.URL.toString(); document.write('<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=Redirect.asp?url=' + thisUrl + '">'); </script> </head> </html> this is not my homepage or anything, I suppose it must be a resource file from some Microsoft app, anyone know which one? I swear I have seen that code before :)

 [4/6] from: al:bri:xtra at: 30-Oct-2002 16:20


> By the by if I do the following: > Read http://
<<quoted lines omitted: 9>>
> </html> > this is not my homepage or anything, I suppose it must be a resource file
from some Microsoft app, anyone know which one? I swear I have seen that code before :) It might be your ISP's mail web site? Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://valley.150m.com/

 [5/6] from: chalz:earthlink at: 29-Oct-2002 23:19


> That is of course dependant on my memory but I believe it said that. > So thanks for emailing just as I was gonna head home, and causing me to > get lost inside Rebol for another 20 minutes or so :)
:) Glad to be of service! Hehe. Not that I actually DID anything..
> By the by if I do the following: > Read http://
<<quoted lines omitted: 11>>
> file from some Microsoft app, anyone know which one? I swear I have seen > that code before :)
No idea. I do that and get: print read http:// connecting to: mail.earthlink.net <html><head> etcetcetc. Perhaps it's just the only server that's been specified in REBOL's settings, so that's what it uses. *shrugs* --Charles

 [6/6] from: anton:lexicon at: 31-Oct-2002 22:19


That's interesting, this is me on win2k, on: REBOL/View 1.2.8.3.1 3-Aug-2002 beta REBOL/View 1.2.1.3.1 21-Jun-2001 whilst not connected to the net:
>> read http://
** Access Error: Cannot connect to smtp.lexicon.net ** Where: open-proto ** Near: read http:// But this on REBOL/Base 2.6.0.3.1
>> read http://
** Access Error: Invalid port spec: http:// ** Near: read http:// That seems more reasonable. Anton.

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