Extension talk:PdfHandler/Archive

More info Please
I would really love to use this extension but its hard with some of the documentation missing :(

What I have tracked down is that it looks like someone wants it installed into wikisource

Here is the bug report https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11215

An example of the extension is here http://www.xarax.eu/wiki/Datei:110.pdf which looks very cool!

I'm trying to gather more data on this extension. Anyone out there get it to work? How? Thanks!

--63.229.58.2 18:46, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I got it to work, but only with PDF files uploaded after installation. Usage now clarified in the article. -- Jcpren 12:07, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Error when uploading
When uploading a PDF (but no problem uploading normal images), I've got this error message on MediaWiki 1.10.0:

Fatal error: Call to undefined method Image::getPath in D:\www\mediawiki\extensions\PdfHandler\PdfHandler_body.php on line 101

If that helps, this the end of LocalSettings.php: require_once('extensions/PdfHandler/PdfHandler.php'); $wgPdfProcessor = "D:\gs\gs8.60\bin\gswin32.exe"; $wgPdfPostProcessor = $wgImageMagickConvertCommand; $wgPdfInfo = "D:\xpdf\pdfinfo.exe";

Is this because this extension requires MediaWiki 1.12.0?

--Flavien 15:01, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


 * This extension needs 1.11 at least, see the infobox in the upper right corner --Raymond


 * For version 1.10 you can replace $image->getPath with $image->getImagePath at line 101 --62.117.121.56 11:38, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


 * You should replace your double quotes with single quotes (e.g. change $wgPdfProcessor = "D:\gs\gs8.60\bin\gswin32.exe"; to $wgPdfProcessor = 'D:\gs\gs8.60\bin\gswin32.exe';, otherwise PHP will do funny things to your backspaces in the path. --Tbleher 13:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Demo Page
Can I see a demo of this before I spend time installing it? I'd be happy to test, but I'm curious if it will suit my needs.

--216.226.127.136 15:08, 12 October 2007 (UTC)


 * http://www.xarax.eu/wiki/Datei:110.pdf -- Jcpren 12:08, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

theres is no xpdf
hi first of all thank you for this code. i was wondering will it still work even no xpdf is available?

Cool!
Hello, I just wanted to let you know that I saw this feature for the first time and think that it is really, really cool! --Langec 10:57, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Other image size?
Hello, at first thanks for the great extension. One question: Is it possible to get larger preview images? Do I need to set a variable or do I need to change code for this?

Thanks for support! --Filburt 16:48, 4 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Ok, I figured it out: Just set the $wgImageLimits in your LocalSettings.php.


 * Greetings, --Filburt 18:41, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Apache error
First of all thank you for this extension. Everything works, but when I checked apache error logs i got this:

operable program or batch file.'"pdftotext"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.

I dont know what that means?

thanks

Msevero 11:12, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Can't get this to work under Ubuntu 9.10
Hi.

I'm running MW 1.15.1. I have gs, pdfinfo and imagemagick installed. My settings are: $wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert";

require_once( "$IP/extensions/PdfHandler/PdfHandler.php"); $wgPdfProcessor = '/usr/bin/gs'; $wgPdfPostProcessor = $wgImageMagickConvertCommand; $wgPdfInfo = '/usr/bin/pdfinfo'

However, when I upload a pdf I get blank grey panels with the following error in them: Error creating thumbnail: convert: no decode delegate for this image format `/tmp/magick-XX1umJ0i' @ magick/constitute.c/ReadImage/526. convert: missing an image filename `/home/webapps/wiki/images/thumb/2/23/Issue_2_amended.pdf /page1-424px-Issue_2_amended.pdf.jpg' @ wand/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/2710.

Any ideas what might be wrong? Thanks! User:Mitchelln 17:12, 6th May 2010 (UTC)


 * I got it working on Kubuntu 9.10. Here's my relevant section from LocalSettings.php:

require_once("$IP/extensions/PdfHandler/PdfHandler.php"); $wgPdfProcessor = 'gs'; $wgPdfPostProcessor = $wgImageMagickConvertCommand; $wgPdfInfo = 'pdfinfo';

$wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert";
 * It sounds like your problem is with ImageMagick. Try reinstalling that.--Rsberzerker 12:09, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Landscape
Hi. PDFs with landscape mode look like crushed. Emijrp 19:59, 6 May 2010 (UTC)