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Jabref corrupts PDF file when writing XMP metadata to linked PDF
See original GitHub issueJabRef version
Latest development branch build (please note build date below)
Operating system
Windows
Details on version and operating system
JabRef 5.6–2022-04-04–dbf921e Windows 10 10.0 amd64 Java 17.0.2 JavaFX 18+12
Checked with the latest development build
- I made a backup of my libraries before testing the latest development version.
- I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists
Steps to reproduce the behaviour
- Have a linked pdf file (my pdf file was 838 kb)
- Have bibliographic data
- Write XMP metadata to pdf via
Tools > write XMP metadata to PDF files (F6)
What happens:
- Trying to open this pdf file with a pdf reader (e.g. foxit reader / pdf xchange) shows the pdf has no pages anymore.
- The size of the pdf shrinks to ~ 4kb
Appendix
No response
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created a year ago
- Comments:9 (9 by maintainers)
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2022-02-21 still works. Something in between these 3 days.
Hm. When you switch to an older hash, you need to run ./gradlew clean before.