Unable to open a saved/ downloaded pdf file
Hi
I get the following error when trying to open pdf file that was downloaded and saved through a java program.
Adobe Reader could not open 'export.pdf' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged. (for eg. it was sent as email attachment and was not correctly decoded.
Any solution or suggestion to this error will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Revathi
Since you don't tell us anything about your code, we can only guess.
Here are common solutions:
- Don't use any of those types when handling your data: char, char[], String, Reader, Writer.
- Make sure that you really understand what read(byte[]) does and when it returns. (Hint: when ignore its return value or call it outside a loop, then you don't understand it).
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