pdf problem?

[rick398]

I have a pdf of the Classic Real Book vol 2 that igigbook can't/won't read. It reports as having 0 pages.

I can read the pdf fine on my desktop, as well as through another app on my iPad. For some reason, igigbook doesn't
like it.

Any ideas?

[Phil Smith]

It may have some type of password set to limit editing or printing and is probably why iGigBook is not displaying the pages.

[rick398]

I thought about that, but wouldn't that prevent me from opening it in other apps as well?

[Phil Smith]

I thought about that, but wouldn't that prevent me from opening it in other apps as well?

No, many apps do not have password awareness, so a PDF that doesn't have open restrictions but print/edit restrictions can be displayed. The tools provided by iOS only allows one to check for a password being set but not what restrictions exist for the document.

[rick398]

Problem solved!

I downloaded a free pdf editor, loaded the offending pdf and re-saved it.

Seems to have fixed whatever igigbook was choking on.

[Phil Smith]

It's good that you were able to resolve that, but I'm curious as to whether or not you were trying to view this PDF as a score in My Scores or in an indexed fashion view the Book List View.

[rick398]

Both ways, really. When I first loaded the pdf into the app, I changed the name so it went into My Books. When I couldn't get it to work, I deleted the file from my ipad and re-added it under a different name so I could view it under My Score.

No joy either way. The file would just fail to load.