Re: [Swftools-common] pdf complexity

[Matthias Kramm]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 09:06:29AM -0800, Don Park wrote:
> we have a flash application that creates a frame which contains the  
> output of pdf2swf to allow users to display and zoom in on PDF images  
> while still in their web browser. On certain PDFs, usually ones with  
> lots of complexity but not always, the performance of the enclosing  
> movie goes to zero. Meaning there are text fields in the enclosing  
> movie where it takes 30 seconds for text to show up after being typed.

Ouch. 
Which pdf2swf version are you using for conversion? Newer
version generate somewhat more optimized swfs.

> i am assuming that the output of pdf2swf is a movie that is simply  
> too complex to still get acceptable responsiveness. is there  
> something that can be done to separate the responsiveness of the  
> enclosing movie from the enclosed movie?

How are you currently combining the two movies? Do you place them
on different layers, or do you merge them with swfcombine?

Greetings

Matthias