File does not begin with %pdf-

[Dan H.]

Greetings,
We are in a small LAN. We have been using another company's web app to
generate reports (.php) which would open a PDF in a browser. this worked up
until Monday.
Now when trying to generate report it produces the following error File does
not begin with '%pdf-'.
Stay with me and I will explain why this issue is in XP. So I tried from a
different computer, different versions of Acrobat Reader(ver. 5-8, 8 is the
current), different web browsers (IE, Firefox, Opera, Netscape). I even set
the options in Acrobat so that the file will download. so I download the
file, open it up and same error message.
I called the host of the web server and they said they were having no
issues.
Well we have a Windows 2000 server on the LAN, long story short I tried to
do this from the server and it views the PDF with no problem.
The only updates between Friday and Monday i see is for Defender so I
uninstalled Defender but still have the issue. Nothing has changed on the
network.
Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Alan Edwards]

No real idea but have you tried a different reader?
I use this:
PDF Reader-Foxit: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

I had a look in Google but didn't see anything quickly.
You may be more determined.
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=...15,GGLD:en&q="does+not+begin+with+%pdf"&meta=

....Alan

 

[Dan H.]

Thanks for your reply Alan.
I did find the fix. Turns out a Security update for IE was the culprit
(KB944533).
I guess what really threw me off though was the fact that other browsers
were producing the same error.
I figured I'd post the fix just incase it is ever needed.

Thanks again.

 

[sanjay.sibal]

Thanks for  your reply Alan.
I did find the fix.  Turns out a Security update for IE was the culprit
(KB944533).
I guess what really threw me off though was the fact that other browsers
were producing the same error.
I figured I'd post the fix just incase it is ever needed.

Thanks again.









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Hi Dan

We are facing the same problem here -- what is the resolution that you
found .. would really appreciate if you can share that.

 

[Dan H.]

Hi,
It turned out to be an update for us so you could try to see if that is the
same issue on your side. In add/remove programs I uninstalled Security
Update KB944533 That fixed the problem.

Thanks for your reply Alan.
I did find the fix. Turns out a Security update for IE was the culprit
(KB944533).
I guess what really threw me off though was the fact that other browsers
were producing the same error.
I figured I'd post the fix just incase it is ever needed.

Thanks again.









- Show quoted text -

Hi Dan

We are facing the same problem here -- what is the resolution that you
found .. would really appreciate if you can share that.