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2006.04.05 11:12 "Re: BigTIFF Suggestion", by Leonard Rosenthol
At 06:42 PM 4/4/2006, Joris wrote: > PDF's weak point is its > elaborate complexity. But that is also its main strength, and your need > might prove that too. I'm not a PDF expert, but if I remember correctly, > PDF can contain a sortoff hash table for page offsets, that allows you > to quickly locate last page and all. You are correct - it's called the xref. > In addition to that, PDF is also > very suitable for update as opposed to rewrite. Very much so. It specifically has an "update mode", where you just append stuff to the end w/o touching any of the original. Leonard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Rosenthol <mailto:leonardr@pdfsages.com> Chief Technical Officer <http://www.pdfsages.com> PDF Sages, Inc. 215-938-7080 (voice) 215-938-0880 (fax)