PDF v1.6 inclusion

PDF v1.6 inclusion

[Duncan Hothersall]

Hi.

I'm trying to include some PDF files generated by Acrobat 7, which means
they are PDF v1.6. ConTeXt (recent distribution, on linux) complains
that "PDF version 1.6: Xpdf only supports 1.5". I thought that maybe I
could switch to using Ghostscript instead of Xpdf-tools to process the
files, in the hope that ghostscript would support 1.6, but I'm stymied
trying to pass the correct parameter via texexec. Am I on the right
track, and if so, what should I type?

Many thanks,

Duncan

Re: PDF v1.6 inclusion

[Hans Hagen]

Duncan Hothersall wrote:

>Hi.
>
>I'm trying to include some PDF files generated by Acrobat 7, which means
>they are PDF v1.6. ConTeXt (recent distribution, on linux) complains
>that "PDF version 1.6: Xpdf only supports 1.5". I thought that maybe I
>could switch to using Ghostscript instead of Xpdf-tools to process the
>files, in the hope that ghostscript would support 1.6, but I'm stymied
>trying to pass the correct parameter via texexec. Am I on the right
>track, and if so, what should I type?
>  
>
juyst ignore the message; a new version of pdftex will support the latest pdf, and in most cases new features are just more entri4e sin dictionaries; i can imagine that it affects pdftops but not pdf inclusion because that's mostly copying and object reference tracking. 

Do you get faulty files?

Hans 


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Re: PDF v1.6 inclusion

[Duncan Hothersall]

> just ignore the message; a new version of pdftex will support the
> latest pdf, and in most cases new features are just more entri4e sin
> dictionaries; i can imagine that it affects pdftops but not pdf
> inclusion because that's mostly copying and object reference
> tracking.
> 
> Do you get faulty files?

I thought that it was causing texexec to only do one run and/or MP not 
to run; but that must have been a glitch, because having not changed 
anything it is completing its runs now. So, sorry for the noise, and 
thanks Hans for the explanation.

Duncan