[Info-vax] OpenVMS Technical Journal v18 and Flash

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Michael Unger wrote 2012-05-10 18:20:
> 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.
>

Maybe, but "everyone" use it and has it installed. This is a more
or less a non-issue. You can not blame HP if *you* decided not
to use or install the Flash player.

(You are at least not running that old "I can not read
this on VMS" thing... :-) :-) )

>> 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.
>

So the individual links doesn't work ? Such as :
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA4-0526ENW

Does the PDF file itself work? :
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA4-0526ENW.pdf

This is "Kerberos authentication made easy on OpenVMS".

Maybe the GetDocument tool that redirects to the PDF files
use Flash in some way.

Anyway, tell HP and we'll see. :-)




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