Re: [WWdevel] Fwd: pdf generation problem

[Sam H. <sh...@ma...>]

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On Aug 26, 2005, at 12:27, Sam Hathaway wrote:

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> Has anyone else run into this problem? I can't replicate it.
> - -sam

Ok, it seems I'm a little behind on this one. Arnie has seen it, and  
there appears to be a fix. This is what I get for not reading the  
discussion board.
  -sam

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>> From: Sam Hathaway <sh...@ma...>
>> Date: August 26, 2005 12:13:17 EDT
>> To: Jeff Denny <DEN...@Me...>
>> Subject: Re: pdf generation problem
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2005, at 15:46, Jeff Denny wrote:
>>
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>>> Sam,
>>>
>>> We have identified a pdf generation problem. We created our  
>>> usernames using the university's e-mail addresses for the  
>>> students by taking their e-mail userids as the webwork usernames.  
>>> Unfortunately, our school uses names like "jeff.k.denny" When  
>>> webwork tries to create a pdf, latex gets confused by the periods  
>>> in the username when looks for the png extension. Then, webwork  
>>> produces an error message.
>>>
>>> The only thing I can come up with is to change the usernames to  
>>> the students' university id numbers. Of course, the problem is  
>>> that the username in webwork appears to be the one thing that  
>>> can't be changed in the database for each user.
>>>
>>> Do you have a suggestion?
>>>
>>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> I can't replicate this problem. I created a user with user ID  
>> 'foo.bar' and student ID 'this.is.the.student.id'. I tried  
>> generating hardcopy for this user both while logged in as myself  
>> ('sam') and while logged in as the user itself.
>>
>> The problem I tested had graphs in it (it is the graph example  
>> from set0), which were converted to PNGs and embedded in the PDF.
>>
>> If I can find the source of your problem, I can probably fix it in  
>> the source and give you a patch to apply to your system.
>>  -sam
>>
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