cannot generate PDF

[Matt Sullivan]

I agree with Harro's plan, but suggest you chop the file in half, save to PDF, and then iterate to more rapidly identify the problem area.


-Matt

Matt Sullivan 
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On Feb 13, 2013, at 7:10 AM, Harro de Jong <Harro.deJong at triviewgroup.com> wrote:

> Hi Bill,
>  
> I’ve seen this type of error before, and it can be a pain to get rid of. What I do to find the cause of the error:
> 1.       copy only the offending pages to a new FM file.
> 2.       try creating a PDF of this file.
> 3.       If step 2 fails: remove one item from the file (one image, or one paragraph of text, etc), and do step 2 again.
>  
>  
> Hope this helps,
> Harro
>  
> From: William W. Saylor, PE [mailto:wsaylor at earthlink.net] 
> Sent: woensdag 13 februari 2013 15:51
> To: Harro de Jong
> Subject: RE: cannot generate PDF
>  
> Harro,
>  
>                Thanks. I do have several imported images (actually MathType equations) on that page but I have 500 pages of that and this is the only page where I get an error.
> Bill
>  
> From: Harro de Jong [mailto:Harro.deJong at triviewgroup.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 6:04 AM
> To: wsaylor at earthlink.net; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: cannot generate PDF
>  
> This is an error in the Postscript code. There are a few things to check/try:
> 1.        check page 17 and 18. Are there any Postscript, EPS, Illustrator or PDF objects on these pages? The problem could be caused by a corrupt image.
> 2.        Choose another printer driver, then try creating the PDF again.
>  
> 
> Harro de Jong
> Triview
>  
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of William W. Saylor, PE
> Sent: dinsdag 12 februari 2013 19:22
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: cannot generate PDF
>  
> I am trying to generate a PDF output on a chapter of a book in FM10 and I get error messages in the log that are not very helpful to me. Here is the offending part of the log:
> ****************************************
> %%[Page: 15]%%
> %%[Page: 16]%%
> %%[Page: 17]%%
> %%[ Error: typecheck; OffendingCommand: ifelse ]%%
>  
> Stack:
> {F}
> {--dup-- /Encoding --get-- --dup-- StandardEncoding --eq-- {--pop-- T}
> {{ISOLatin1Encoding} --stopped-- {--pop-- F} {--eq--} --ifelse--
> {T} {--dup-- --begin-- T 32 1 127 {Encoding 1 --index-- --get--
> StandardEncoding 3 -1 --roll-- --get-- --eq-- --and--} --for-- --end--}
> --ifelse--} --ifelse--}
> 265
> -dict-
> /0
> 0
> /F11
> 265
> /TT110t00
> 0
>  
>  
> %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
> %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
> I cannot find any errors on the page in  the document. Does this make sense to anyone?
>  
> Thanks,
> Bill
>  
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>  
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