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PDF Export TCL/Tk Application, Extra Page

hobbss
hobbss over 14 years ago

I have a two page schematic that I would like to export to a pdf using the tcl/tk application.  Per earlier threads started by me, I have a fully functioning setup for this (or so I thought).  In all of my recent designs, I have been able to execute this sequence without any issues.  However, in my current design, when I run the script, the resultant pdf has an extra page (i.e., 3 pages instead of 2).  The third page is blank, but appears to be formatted differently.  Meaning, I have it set up to create 11x17 landscape pdfs.  However, when I view the file in acrobat in full page view mode, the third page is a different size.  Another interesting symptom is that the script leaves three postscript files in the operating directory: CapMark.ps, CapOutput.ps, and CapPropMark.ps.  On my other (functioning) projects, it looks like the script cleans those postscript files up when it is done.  Is there some weird setting that I have inadvertantly toggled that is making the script behave this way?

 

Edit: forgot to include the script output:

 

(::capPdfUtil::printPdf) Output Directory : C:/Users/steve/Documents/_Cadence/Projects/101234 Output File : 101234.pdf
(::capPdfUtil::printPdf) Annotating page objects for SCHEMATIC1 : PAGE1
(::capPdfUtil::printPdf) Annotating page objects for SCHEMATIC1 : PAGE2
(::capPdfUtil::printPdf) Generating PDF file from postscript ....
(::capPdfUtil::printPdf) Failed : GPL Ghostscript  9.00 (2010-09-14)
Copyright (C) 2010 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Loading NimbusMonL-Regu font from %rom%Resource/Font/NimbusMonL-Regu... 2710384 1399550 1708816 422892 1 done.
%%[ ProductName: GPL Ghostscript  ]%%
Loading NimbusMonL-Bold font from %rom%Resource/Font/NimbusMonL-Bold... 2887840 1568541 3262952 1861985 2 done.
%%[Page: 1]%%
%%[Page: 2]%%
%%[LastPage]%%
%%[ Error: syntaxerror; OffendingCommand: --nostringval-- ]%%
GPL Ghostscript  9.00: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
GPL Ghostscript  9.00: pdfmark error: Outline node 1837 has no action or destination.
 

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