Re: Binary file detector got it wrong on REC_CSS1-19990111.pdf

On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 12:02:14PM -0400, John Peacock wrote:
> Francois Beausoleil wrote:
>
> >A CSS\REC-CSS1-19990111.pdf
> >
> >Notice that the REC-CSS1-19990111.pdf file did not get the (bin)
> >monicker. I can correct that myself quite easily, but this is just a
> >heads-up.
>
> Just FYI, not all PDF files are necessarily binary. If you want them to be
> stored as a binary, that's your business. I have code which will create a
> PDF on the fly from a database application, and both the template and the
> database fields are text-only.

AFATG, the PDF 1.4 file specification strongly suggests that non-text
characters be used early in the file in order to prevent them from being
identified as text.

--ben

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Received on Tue Aug 26 14:01:08 2003