Change cfdocument to use iText, not PD4ML

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Hi,

We have two Lucee servers running Lucee 5.2.9.31.

On one, pdfs render with css applied correctly; on the other, css is not applied.

I have checked the lucee-server/bundles folder, and discovered differences between the two. The one not working had an older version of flying saucer. After copying that jar into the bundles folder, the lucee/admin/server.cfm page, under Info > bundle.jar, shows that Flying Saucer Core Renderer as “not loaded”. Restarting Tomcat does not make it load.

How can I get this jar to load correctly in the bundle? Is there a command to run when files in the bundles folder are changed?

Windows Server 2012
Lucee 5.2.9.31
Tomcat 8.0.27/Apache 2.4.16x64

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@taivo What are the pdf extension versions on both the lucee servers? is both are the same?

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Sorry for delay the Extensions page was not loading…

The version is 1.0.0.66, and I don’t seem to get any css applied in my pdfs.

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@taivo Not sure why the application page was not loaded (there is a lot of bug fixes done in newer versions)
there is any error or anything from the logs?

1.0.0.66 was a much old version. So Could you please try this with the latest pdf version?
https://download.lucee.org/#66E312DD-D083-27C0-64189D16753FD6F0

To update the extension

  1. please download the pdf version from the download site
  2. drop the .lex file to the /lucee-server/deploy folder
  3. restart the lucee server or wait for a few minutes

To check the extension version use the below code

<cfscript>
    adm = new Administrator("server", your_admin_password);
    adm.getExtensions().each((e)=> {
            if (e.name == "PDF extension") {
                writeDump("PDF extension version: #e.version#");
            }
        }
    );
</cfscript>