Hi
I have been given a PDF file from a customer and opening it up in Acrobat it displays correctly and advises that the file was generated by Acrobat Distiller 8.1.0, and is a PDF1.5 formatted file.
When my code opens the file we look for a trailer but it is not present (the trailer is not present in the entire file but the last few lines are as follows:
endstream
endobj
startxref
116
%%EOF)
Is it valid to have a file without a trailer? Looking at the specification it implies that the trailer is an important part to allow random access, but does not state if it is required for a valid PDF file. And if it is valid should the file be processed as if it were a linearized pdf?
Thank you
Keith