[Info-vax] OpenVMS Technical Journal v18 and Flash

[Michael Unger]

On 2012-05-10 17:36, "Jan-Erik Soderholm" wrote:

> [1] I get a "page not found" page.

It is from the "Download all articles ..." link just below the "Table of
Contents" headline on [3] and it definitely worked well a couple of
hours ago.

At the very moment I get (JavaScript has to be enabled):

| Server Error in '/V2' Application.
|
| The transaction log for database 'Stg_LiteratureServer' is full.
| To find out why space in the log cannot be reused, see the
| log_reuse_wait_desc column in sys.databases
|
| Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution
| of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more
| information about the error and where it originated in the code.
|
| [...]
|
| Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.4963;
| ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.4971

> 
> But I see what you mean, the V17 journal opens a fancy
> chapter-selection application (probably written in Flash).

I must have missed v17 until today -- but yes, it is the very same
effect as with the current v18.

> Not that this is either uncommon on todays internet, or that it
> is particular "crasy", but I agree that it isn't realy needed...

It is at least rather uncommon for PDF documents. Flash simply is a
rather high security risk due to lots of errors, it has to be updated
even more often than the Adobe Reader itself according to lots of CERT
advisories.

> Besides, you can simply open each individual chapter one at a time.
> They are plain standard PDFs.

Without a Flash-capable Adobe Reader you can not open the document at
all; the Reader simply starts and shows a dark gray background and
nothing else.

Michael


[3] <http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/journal/index.html>

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