[Tickets #1011] NEW: Ariel generated PDF files do not display

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/?id=1011
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 Ticket     | 1011
 Created By | Frank.Swasey at uvm.edu
 Summary    | Ariel generated PDF files do not display
 Queue      | IMP
 Version    | 3.2.5
 State      | Unconfirmed
 Priority   | 2. Medium
 Type       | Bug
 Owners     | 
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Frank.Swasey at uvm.edu (2004-12-23 03:20) wrote:

One of our major colleges has installed the Ariel program from
Infotrieve.com to generate PDF documents.  The problem is that these PDF
documents are damaged when they are viewed or downloaded from the IMP
interface because they are being translated into a mime printable format
(hex 0D is replaced by the ascii string =0D, etc).  PDF files generated by
Openoffice are displayed just fine.

Using a standard mail client program (such as Thunderbird), one is able to
view and save the PDF files without this translation happening to the Ariel
generated files.

IMP shows the pdf.gif for both types of PDF files, but the download process
seems to be very different.  This has been tested with Firefox on Fedora
Core 3, MacOS X 10.3.7, Windows XP/SP2, also with Mozilla 1.7 on RedHat 9
and IE on Windows XP.  And it always translates the Ariel generated PDF into
a "damaged file" according to acrobat, xpdf, ggv, and MacOS X's preview.

Has anyone figured out how to provide support for the files Ariel is
generating or is a newer version of IMP needed?

Thanks