Last time I checked, the FDA does not allow Launch actions in their
documents...
Leonard
On Aug 27, 2008, at 3:47 PM, Jianhua Jin wrote:
Leonard,
I think I know what you meant now about security - the external
files might be malicious. But that is not the concern here. We need
to submit some study data to FDA for new drug application. The
external files are study data files.
Could you please provide your insight on the problem I have?
Thanks
--- On Wed, 8/27/08, Jianhua Jin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Jianhua Jin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Launch/Open external non-PDF file
To: "Post all your questions about iText here" <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net
>, "Leonard Rosenthol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 3:34 PM
Leonard,
I am not sure if I understand your comment. What I am trying to do
here is this: I need to create a PDF file that contains links to
some files stored somewhere in my computer. When i send the PDF file
(The FDA), I will package the PDF file and the external files (lets
say in zip). The recipient can then unzip the package and can view
the PDF file with the link to the unzipped files - I am not asking
the PDF file to point to the files on my computer (this is why I
need the relative path, not absolute path)
I know there are tons of other (better) alternatives to PDF in this
case, but PDF is the one I needed.
From PDF spec or the viewer spec point of viewer, is there a
standard on what the viewer should do with respect to the 'Launch'
action? From what I have experienced, Acrobat 7.0 does not have
consistent behavior on external links - sometimes it launches the
application with parameter from the content in the F word only, but
sometimes it gives consider the D word as well, and can recognize
the "." as the current working directory.
By the F and D words I mean the following:
127 0 obj<</Border[0 0 0]/Rect[669.16 447.6 729.14 457.6]/Subtype/
Link/C[0 0 1]/A<</S/Launch/Win<</D(.\\docs)/F(dm.xpt)/O(open)>>>>>>
endobj
--- On Wed, 8/27/08, Leonard Rosenthol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Leonard Rosenthol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Launch/Open external non-PDF file
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Post all your questions about iText here" <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net
>
Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 3:07 PM
You are asking for trouble related to security by doing this...
Leonard
On Aug 27, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Jianhua Jin wrote:
OK, more information I found out - when clicking the link,
sometimes Acrobat launches the external application with the full
absolute path to the external file (i.e., it combines the
information from the D word and F word, and translates the '.' to
the parent Dir of the PDF file, this is Acrobat 7.0.0), but
sometimes it only provides the path that is defined in the F word
(this is in 7.0.8)
I am not sure if this is related to the viewer preferences, or the
Acrobat configuration.
Can anyone shed light how to deal with this issue?
--- On Wed, 8/27/08, Jianhua Jin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Jianhua Jin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [iText-questions] Launch/Open external non-PDF file
To: iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net
Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 11:27 AM
I need to link a PDF file with some external non PDF files. The
external files are saved in a location that is fixed relative to
the PDF file - if the PDF file is saved in c:\pdf, then the
external files must be saved under c:\pdf\docs. I need to use
relative path to reference these files.
Here is the code I used to set up the link:
chunk=new Chunk(text, link_font);
PdfAction action=new PdfAction("dm.xpt", null, "open",
".\\docs");
chunk.setAction(action);
and here is the link in the PDF file
127 0 obj<</Border[0 0 0]/Rect[669.16 447.6 729.14 457.6]/Subtype/
Link/C[0 0 1]/A<</S/Launch/Win<</D(.\\docs)/F(dm.xpt)/O(open)>>>>>>
endobj
But the link does not work SOMETIMES. When click on the link,
sometimes it can find the file, but sometimes it cant't (I verified
that the file is there). I use Acrobat 7.0 to view the PDF files.
It works if viewed in Windows XP (personal computer), but doesnt
work in Windows 2000 (corporate network).
I am using iText version: 2.1.3, JRE 5.0
Any thought would be appreciated.
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