Checking that 2 pdf are identical (md5 a solution?)

[Peter Otten]

rlevesque wrote:

> On Jul 24, 1:34 pm, Peter Otten <__pete... at web.de> wrote:
>> rlevesque wrote:
>> > Unfortunately there is an other pair of values that does not match and
>> > it is not obvious to me how to exclude it (as is done with the " /
>> > CreationDate" pair).
>> > and the pdf document is created using reportLab.
>>
>> I dug into the reportlab source and in
>>
>> reportlab/rl_config.py
>>
>> found the line
>>
>> invariant=                  0                       #produces
>> repeatable,identical PDFs with same timestamp info (for regression
>> testing)
>>
>> I suggest that you edit that file or add
>>
>> from reportlab import rl_config
>> rl_config.invariant = True
>>
>> to your code.
>>
>> Peter
> 
> WOW!! You are good!
> Your suggested solution works perfectly.
> 
> Given your expertise I will not be able to 'repay' you by helping on
> Python problems but if you ever need help with SPSS related problems I
> will be pleased to provide the assistance you need.
> (I am the author of "SPSS Programming and Data Management" published
> by SPSS Inc. (an IBM company))

Relax! Assistance on c.l.py is free as in beer ;) If you feel you have to 
give something back pick a question you can answer, doesn't matter who's 
asking. Given that I can't answer the majority of questions posted here 
chances are that I learn something from your response, too.

Peter