[reportlab-users] Broken PDFs with multiBuild and file objects

[Holger Hoffmann]

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Hi,

BaseDocTemplate.multiBuild with a file object as parameter
seems to produce a broken pdf document. If I use a filename
as parameter all goes well. With a file object as parameter
a broken pdf is generated. I've attached a script which
demostrates this.

The problem is that BaseDocTemplate.multiBuild makes multiple
passes and generates one complete pdf document in each pass. If
I use a filename as parameter to multiBuild, PDFDocument.SaveToFile
opens and closes the file in every pass. If I use a file
object as parameter, I get 2 pdf documents in one file.

... Holger

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