PDF rendering fails with: bad XRef entry

[ghost]

Hi,

I am using the latest build of PDF JS. The PDF which can be found at this link fails to render with error: "bad XRef entry" .:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0ssZE2muxClTkRuamdCSkZ0Zmc

This PDF contains an image taken from Bing Maps.

[ghost]

Hi did you get a chance to look at this issue? Our dev team is waiting for this to get fixed so that we can integrated PDF JS in our mobile app.

[saebekassebil]

@nishanthnair: Since this is tagged '3-pdf-broken', it means that this PDF doesn't follow the PDF standard that PDF.js supports. It's also tagged '4-triage-needed', which means that the core team will discuss this issue at an upcoming triage meeting. There was a meeting yesterday, and the next will be held on Monday, 3. Dec. Try peeking in at #pdfjs @ irc.mozilla.org maybe some of the core developers can answer you what the problem is.

[ghost]

@saebekassebil Thanks a lot for the reply. I was not aware of the meaning of these tags. Will eagerly wait for a fix from the PDF.JS team as PDF.JS a great solution to display PDF on hybrid mobile apps.

Thanks,
Nishanth

[ghost]

update: I tried to open this PDF with PDF Viewer firefox plugin and it opened without any issue. But using PDF.js JS API, error appears.

[yurydelendik]

Looks like this pdf is corrupted -- the file has obj 41 0 and obj 42 0 entries pointed to the same location. When 41 is requested, the stored object informs it has num == 42. Therefore error message at https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/blob/master/src/obj.js#L673

[ghost]

@yurydelendik Thanks for looking in to this issue. This PDF is generated by Telerik Reporting API and can be opened using any PDF reader other than PDF.JS. So is this something that can be fixed from PDF.JS side?

[brendandahl]

Fixed by above PR.