Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
I have never worked with PDF, but I hear that XSL-FO can be translated into PDF easily. Have you people ever considered keeping the document in XSL-FO and then fork it where one path converts it into PDF where you need it and the other path converts it into (X)HTML with which you can do anything you like in any web-browser? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
This works really well, we have our own reporting application that generates xml, from the interface you can generate a pdf on the fly using xsl-fo via a struts action that writes to the response and returns null; The nice thing about using xsl-fo is that you can switch the stylesheet to a gnumeric one and generate an excel spreadsheet using the HSSFSerializer Gareth Jeroen Kransen wrote: I have never worked with PDF, but I hear that XSL-FO can be translated into PDF easily. Have you people ever considered keeping the document in XSL-FO and then fork it where one path converts it into PDF where you need it and the other path converts it into (X)HTML with which you can do anything you like in any web-browser? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Gareth Evans MSoft eSolutions Limited Technology Centre Inward Way Rossmore Business Park Ellesmere Port Cheshire CH65 3EN -- Tel:+44 (0)870 0100 704 Fax:+44 (0)870 9010 705 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web:www.msoft.co.uk -- Terms: Please note that any prices quoted within this e-mail are subject to VAT. All program details and code described in this e-mail are subject to copyright © of MSoft eSolutions Limited and remain the intellectual property of MSoft eSolutions Limited. Any proposal or pricing information contained within this e-mail are subject to MSoft eSolutions' Terms and Conditions -- Disclaimer: This message is intended only for use of the addressee. If this message was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this message. MSoft eSolutions Limited cannot accept responsibility for viruses, so please scan attachments. Views expressed in this message do not necessarily reflect those of MSoft eSolutions Limited who will not necessarily be bound by its contents. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: 1.3.x in production (was Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP)
Aha! StrutsWS 1.3 that I have uploaded in sourceforge cvs (strutsws project) was In fact using Struts 1.3 with customization of RequestProcessor Am I the winner :)) ? Regards marco -Original Message- From: Frank W. Zammetti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 August 2005 04:12 To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: 1.3.x in production (was Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP) Well, now I'm going to have to go update my blog to 1.3 just to beat you both :) (Nah, doesn't even REMOTELY count as a production app, I know! :) ) Frank Wendy Smoak wrote: From: Joe Germuska [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... my most recent app (which may make history this weekend as the first Struts 1.3.x based webapp to go into production? ;-) ) You'll beat me by a few days, then. ;) I have one out in test that I had originally planned to leave at 1.2.7... but what fun would that be? -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
hihi,
i've also worked quite a bit with generating PDF documents (iText,
JasperReports via iReport) so i know Acrobat pains too. (yes Acrobat
is very moody, it works one day then not the next, and only for ppl it
likes) :)
i went to that website:
http://www.sos.state.co.us/biz
but couldn't find a working example of a PDF document displayed
embedded *within* an html page. that is, the Acrobat plugin window
occupying a sub portion of the entire displayed html page. is this not
what the original post was about? or did i simply not find the working
example on the website? (i went to the File a document section and
brought up the PDFs on the subsequent page but they all 'took over' the
entire browser window)
it would be awesome to see a PDF embedded in an html page without using
frames.
woodchuck
--- Frank W. Zammetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cool, thanks!
At work I actually have a rather lengthy document listing all the
Acrobat issues I found along the way, and the solutions to it...
quite a
few... I'm going to add this to it as a miscellaneous note, just so I
don't forget for next time (and, oh, I *know* there's gonna be a next
time!)
Frank
Gary VanMatre wrote:
Really? You found that to be necassery? What specific problem does
it
solve (which of the MANY Acrobat problems I mean? :) ).
I belive that it had to do with the upgrade from the 5.x to 6.0.2
reader com controls. Version 6.0.2 would not run as an inprocess
server. It wanted to fire up an instance of reader instead of
imbeding in the document. The context type was the ticket. That's
about I'll I know about details. It's been about a year ago. I sat
next to the guy working on it (Mr. Bee).
Gary
I ask because I spent probably a month dealing with PDF generation
issues and I just last week managed to get everything working for
everyone (it was one of those it works for user A but not B, oh
wait,
it's tommorrow and now user B doesn't work but A does... and their
PCs
appear to be identical in every way). I never tried what you
suggest,
and it looks to be working perfectly now, so as someone who has
fought
the Acrobat battle too, I'm curious.
Frank
Gary VanMatre wrote:
Excellent! I wouldn't have thought that would work, based on how
screwed up the Acrobat plug-in generally is, but that's
excellent!
Well, I think there was better than a week spent one line of code,
actually
one char '\r'. You are not alone
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
Gary
Frank
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've also seen it done using the html embed tag. We used itext
to deliver a
fillable pdf. You can see it action here
(http://www.sos.state.co.us/biz).
type=application/pdf
public ActionForward loadBytesIntoStream(
ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response,
String filename,
byte[] bytes)
throws Exception {
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
response.setHeader(
Content-disposition,
inline; filename= + justFilename);
response.setContentLength(bytes.length);
response.setHeader(Expires, 0);
response.setHeader(
Cache-Control,
must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0);
response.setHeader(Pragma, public);
ServletOutputStream buff = response.getOutputStream();
buff.write(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
bytes = null;
buff.flush();
return null;
}
Gary
-- Original message --
iText just generates the PDF on the server-side, the display
issue on
the browser would still be the same because you are returning a
PDF
stream back (or redirecting to a temp file, either way) and the
browser
recognizes that and passes it to the plug-in for display (a
plug-in
which, by the way, is perhaps the buggiest piece of garbage
ever foisted
on an unsuspecting public!)
Frank
ziggler wrote:
you can use itext to realize?
2005/8/4, Frank W. Zammetti :
Hi Rafael,
The only way I can think of to actually embed a PDF, or at
least to
give that appearance, is to use iFrames.
The Acrobat plug-in takes over the entire window it is shown
in, which
when frames aren't involved is the entire client area of the
browser.
So, using frames should, in theory, work (I've never actually
tried to
do this, so there could be hidden gotchas). An iFrame would
allow you
more or less to seem to embed the PDF.
I'd be willing to bet there aren't any other ways to do it
that aren't
way more trouble than they're woth, if there are any at
all...
...now that THAT gauntlet is thrown down, let the flood of
messages
correcting me begin :)
Frank
Rafael Taboada wrote:
Hi Folks, I know my doubt is out Struts topic but I want to
use ur
xperiencie in my problem.
I want to show a report in PDF file inside a JSP, inside a
table for
Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
hihi, i've also worked quite a bit with generating PDF documents (iText, JasperReports via iReport) so i know Acrobat pains too. (yes Acrobat is very moody, it works one day then not the next, and only for ppl it likes) :) i went to that website: http://www.sos.state.co.us/biz but couldn't find a working example of a PDF document displayed embedded *within* an html page. that is, the Acrobat plugin window occupying a sub portion of the entire displayed html page. is this not what the original post was about? or did i simply not find the working example on the website? (i went to the File a document section and brought up the PDFs on the subsequent page but they all 'took over' the entire browser window) it would be awesome to see a PDF embedded in an html page without using frames. Try a reservation of name filing. It is a short one that is open to the public. You are able to view the statement before paying for it (uses the embedeed pdf). Gary woodchuck - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
--- Gary VanMatre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try a reservation of name filing. It is a short one that is open to the public. You are able to view the statement before paying for it (uses the embedeed pdf). Gary, very nice!! thanks for this great tip, i'm sure it will come in handy in the future. :) it didn't work in FireFox, but it did in IE. (you probably know this already) best regards, woodchuck Gary woodchuck - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Showing a PDF inside a JSP
Hi Folks, I know my doubt is out Struts topic but I want to use ur xperiencie in my problem. I want to show a report in PDF file inside a JSP, inside a table for example. I'm surfing on the web and all sites when try to show PDF they link to this file and the PDF is showed in the entire window if the user has acrobat in his PC. Is it possible to show the PDF but embed in JSP or HTML?? I mean, I have to show a form in order to generate the PDF, and when th user click on GENERATE REPORT button, it makes a PDF file and I want to show this PDF in the same page... Do u know any place where I can find information for my doubt?. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance -- Rafael Taboada Software Engineer Cell : +511-97753290 No creo en el destino pues no me gusta tener la idea de controlar mi vida
Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
Hi Rafael, The only way I can think of to actually embed a PDF, or at least to give that appearance, is to use iFrames. The Acrobat plug-in takes over the entire window it is shown in, which when frames aren't involved is the entire client area of the browser. So, using frames should, in theory, work (I've never actually tried to do this, so there could be hidden gotchas). An iFrame would allow you more or less to seem to embed the PDF. I'd be willing to bet there aren't any other ways to do it that aren't way more trouble than they're woth, if there are any at all... ...now that THAT gauntlet is thrown down, let the flood of messages correcting me begin :) Frank Rafael Taboada wrote: Hi Folks, I know my doubt is out Struts topic but I want to use ur xperiencie in my problem. I want to show a report in PDF file inside a JSP, inside a table for example. I'm surfing on the web and all sites when try to show PDF they link to this file and the PDF is showed in the entire window if the user has acrobat in his PC. Is it possible to show the PDF but embed in JSP or HTML?? I mean, I have to show a form in order to generate the PDF, and when th user click on GENERATE REPORT button, it makes a PDF file and I want to show this PDF in the same page... Do u know any place where I can find information for my doubt?. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
you can use itext to realize? 2005/8/4, Frank W. Zammetti [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Rafael, The only way I can think of to actually embed a PDF, or at least to give that appearance, is to use iFrames. The Acrobat plug-in takes over the entire window it is shown in, which when frames aren't involved is the entire client area of the browser. So, using frames should, in theory, work (I've never actually tried to do this, so there could be hidden gotchas). An iFrame would allow you more or less to seem to embed the PDF. I'd be willing to bet there aren't any other ways to do it that aren't way more trouble than they're woth, if there are any at all... ...now that THAT gauntlet is thrown down, let the flood of messages correcting me begin :) Frank Rafael Taboada wrote: Hi Folks, I know my doubt is out Struts topic but I want to use ur xperiencie in my problem. I want to show a report in PDF file inside a JSP, inside a table for example. I'm surfing on the web and all sites when try to show PDF they link to this file and the PDF is showed in the entire window if the user has acrobat in his PC. Is it possible to show the PDF but embed in JSP or HTML?? I mean, I have to show a form in order to generate the PDF, and when th user click on GENERATE REPORT button, it makes a PDF file and I want to show this PDF in the same page... Do u know any place where I can find information for my doubt?. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Fasten your seat belt. Here we go... 笑口常开，笑天下可笑之人！
Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
iText just generates the PDF on the server-side, the display issue on the browser would still be the same because you are returning a PDF stream back (or redirecting to a temp file, either way) and the browser recognizes that and passes it to the plug-in for display (a plug-in which, by the way, is perhaps the buggiest piece of garbage ever foisted on an unsuspecting public!) Frank ziggler wrote: you can use itext to realize? 2005/8/4, Frank W. Zammetti [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Rafael, The only way I can think of to actually embed a PDF, or at least to give that appearance, is to use iFrames. The Acrobat plug-in takes over the entire window it is shown in, which when frames aren't involved is the entire client area of the browser. So, using frames should, in theory, work (I've never actually tried to do this, so there could be hidden gotchas). An iFrame would allow you more or less to seem to embed the PDF. I'd be willing to bet there aren't any other ways to do it that aren't way more trouble than they're woth, if there are any at all... ...now that THAT gauntlet is thrown down, let the flood of messages correcting me begin :) Frank Rafael Taboada wrote: Hi Folks, I know my doubt is out Struts topic but I want to use ur xperiencie in my problem. I want to show a report in PDF file inside a JSP, inside a table for example. I'm surfing on the web and all sites when try to show PDF they link to this file and the PDF is showed in the entire window if the user has acrobat in his PC. Is it possible to show the PDF but embed in JSP or HTML?? I mean, I have to show a form in order to generate the PDF, and when th user click on GENERATE REPORT button, it makes a PDF file and I want to show this PDF in the same page... Do u know any place where I can find information for my doubt?. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
I've also seen it done using the html embed tag. We used itext to deliver a
fillable pdf. You can see it action here (http://www.sos.state.co.us/biz).
EMBED width=%=width% height=%=height% border=2 src=%=src%
type=application/pdf
public ActionForward loadBytesIntoStream(
ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response,
String filename,
byte[] bytes)
throws Exception {
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
response.setHeader(
Content-disposition,
inline; filename= + justFilename);
response.setContentLength(bytes.length);
response.setHeader(Expires, 0);
response.setHeader(
Cache-Control,
must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0);
response.setHeader(Pragma, public);
ServletOutputStream buff = response.getOutputStream();
buff.write(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
bytes = null;
buff.flush();
return null;
}
Gary
-- Original message --
iText just generates the PDF on the server-side, the display issue on
the browser would still be the same because you are returning a PDF
stream back (or redirecting to a temp file, either way) and the browser
recognizes that and passes it to the plug-in for display (a plug-in
which, by the way, is perhaps the buggiest piece of garbage ever foisted
on an unsuspecting public!)
Frank
ziggler wrote:
you can use itext to realize?
2005/8/4, Frank W. Zammetti :
Hi Rafael,
The only way I can think of to actually embed a PDF, or at least to
give that appearance, is to use iFrames.
The Acrobat plug-in takes over the entire window it is shown in, which
when frames aren't involved is the entire client area of the browser.
So, using frames should, in theory, work (I've never actually tried to
do this, so there could be hidden gotchas). An iFrame would allow you
more or less to seem to embed the PDF.
I'd be willing to bet there aren't any other ways to do it that aren't
way more trouble than they're woth, if there are any at all...
...now that THAT gauntlet is thrown down, let the flood of messages
correcting me begin :)
Frank
Rafael Taboada wrote:
Hi Folks, I know my doubt is out Struts topic but I want to use ur
xperiencie in my problem.
I want to show a report in PDF file inside a JSP, inside a table for
example. I'm surfing on the web and all sites when try to show PDF they
link
to this file and the PDF is showed in the entire window if the user has
acrobat in his PC.
Is it possible to show the PDF but embed in JSP or HTML?? I mean, I have
to
show a form in order to generate the PDF, and when th user click on
GENERATE
REPORT button, it makes a PDF file and I want to show this PDF in the same
page...
Do u know any place where I can find information for my doubt?.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
--
Frank W. Zammetti
Founder and Chief Software Architect
Omnytex Technologies
http://www.omnytex.com
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Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
At 9:44 PM -0400 8/3/05, Frank W. Zammetti wrote: Hi Rafael, The only way I can think of to actually embed a PDF, or at least to give that appearance, is to use iFrames. It works like a charm; I'm using the technique in a couple of places on my most recent app (which may make history this weekend as the first Struts 1.3.x based webapp to go into production? ;-) ) Joe -- Joe Germuska [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blog.germuska.com Narrow minds are weapons made for mass destruction -The Ex - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
Excellent! I wouldn't have thought that would work, based on how
screwed up the Acrobat plug-in generally is, but that's excellent!
Frank
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've also seen it done using the html embed tag. We used itext to deliver a fillable pdf. You can see it action here (http://www.sos.state.co.us/biz).
EMBED width=%=width% height=%=height% border=2 src=%=src%
type=application/pdf
public ActionForward loadBytesIntoStream(
ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response,
String filename,
byte[] bytes)
throws Exception {
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
response.setHeader(
Content-disposition,
inline; filename= + justFilename);
response.setContentLength(bytes.length);
response.setHeader(Expires, 0);
response.setHeader(
Cache-Control,
must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0);
response.setHeader(Pragma, public);
ServletOutputStream buff = response.getOutputStream();
buff.write(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
bytes = null;
buff.flush();
return null;
}
Gary
-- Original message --
iText just generates the PDF on the server-side, the display issue on
the browser would still be the same because you are returning a PDF
stream back (or redirecting to a temp file, either way) and the browser
recognizes that and passes it to the plug-in for display (a plug-in
which, by the way, is perhaps the buggiest piece of garbage ever foisted
on an unsuspecting public!)
Frank
ziggler wrote:
you can use itext to realize?
2005/8/4, Frank W. Zammetti :
Hi Rafael,
The only way I can think of to actually embed a PDF, or at least to
give that appearance, is to use iFrames.
The Acrobat plug-in takes over the entire window it is shown in, which
when frames aren't involved is the entire client area of the browser.
So, using frames should, in theory, work (I've never actually tried to
do this, so there could be hidden gotchas). An iFrame would allow you
more or less to seem to embed the PDF.
I'd be willing to bet there aren't any other ways to do it that aren't
way more trouble than they're woth, if there are any at all...
...now that THAT gauntlet is thrown down, let the flood of messages
correcting me begin :)
Frank
Rafael Taboada wrote:
Hi Folks, I know my doubt is out Struts topic but I want to use ur
xperiencie in my problem.
I want to show a report in PDF file inside a JSP, inside a table for
example. I'm surfing on the web and all sites when try to show PDF they link
to this file and the PDF is showed in the entire window if the user has
acrobat in his PC.
Is it possible to show the PDF but embed in JSP or HTML?? I mean, I have to
show a form in order to generate the PDF, and when th user click on GENERATE
REPORT button, it makes a PDF file and I want to show this PDF in the same
page...
Do u know any place where I can find information for my doubt?.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
--
Frank W. Zammetti
Founder and Chief Software Architect
Omnytex Technologies
http://www.omnytex.com
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Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
Excellent! I wouldn't have thought that would work, based on how
screwed up the Acrobat plug-in generally is, but that's excellent!
Well, I think there was better than a week spent one line of code, actually one
char '\r'. You are not alone
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
Gary
Frank
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've also seen it done using the html embed tag. We used itext to deliver a
fillable pdf. You can see it action here (http://www.sos.state.co.us/biz).
type=application/pdf
public ActionForward loadBytesIntoStream(
ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response,
String filename,
byte[] bytes)
throws Exception {
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
response.setHeader(
Content-disposition,
inline; filename= + justFilename);
response.setContentLength(bytes.length);
response.setHeader(Expires, 0);
response.setHeader(
Cache-Control,
must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0);
response.setHeader(Pragma, public);
ServletOutputStream buff = response.getOutputStream();
buff.write(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
bytes = null;
buff.flush();
return null;
}
Gary
-- Original message --
iText just generates the PDF on the server-side, the display issue on
the browser would still be the same because you are returning a PDF
stream back (or redirecting to a temp file, either way) and the browser
recognizes that and passes it to the plug-in for display (a plug-in
which, by the way, is perhaps the buggiest piece of garbage ever foisted
on an unsuspecting public!)
Frank
ziggler wrote:
you can use itext to realize?
2005/8/4, Frank W. Zammetti :
Hi Rafael,
The only way I can think of to actually embed a PDF, or at least to
give that appearance, is to use iFrames.
The Acrobat plug-in takes over the entire window it is shown in, which
when frames aren't involved is the entire client area of the browser.
So, using frames should, in theory, work (I've never actually tried to
do this, so there could be hidden gotchas). An iFrame would allow you
more or less to seem to embed the PDF.
I'd be willing to bet there aren't any other ways to do it that aren't
way more trouble than they're woth, if there are any at all...
...now that THAT gauntlet is thrown down, let the flood of messages
correcting me begin :)
Frank
Rafael Taboada wrote:
Hi Folks, I know my doubt is out Struts topic but I want to use ur
xperiencie in my problem.
I want to show a report in PDF file inside a JSP, inside a table for
example. I'm surfing on the web and all sites when try to show PDF they
link
to this file and the PDF is showed in the entire window if the user has
acrobat in his PC.
Is it possible to show the PDF but embed in JSP or HTML?? I mean, I have
to
show a form in order to generate the PDF, and when th user click on
GENERATE
REPORT button, it makes a PDF file and I want to show this PDF in the
same
page...
Do u know any place where I can find information for my doubt?.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
--
Frank W. Zammetti
Founder and Chief Software Architect
Omnytex Technologies
http://www.omnytex.com
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1.3.x in production (was Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP)
From: Joe Germuska [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... my most recent app (which may make history this weekend as the first Struts 1.3.x based webapp to go into production? ;-) ) You'll beat me by a few days, then. ;) I have one out in test that I had originally planned to leave at 1.2.7... but what fun would that be? -- Wendy Smoak - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
Really? You found that to be necassery? What specific problem does it
solve (which of the MANY Acrobat problems I mean? :) ).
I ask because I spent probably a month dealing with PDF generation
issues and I just last week managed to get everything working for
everyone (it was one of those it works for user A but not B, oh wait,
it's tommorrow and now user B doesn't work but A does... and their PCs
appear to be identical in every way). I never tried what you suggest,
and it looks to be working perfectly now, so as someone who has fought
the Acrobat battle too, I'm curious.
Frank
Gary VanMatre wrote:
Excellent! I wouldn't have thought that would work, based on how
screwed up the Acrobat plug-in generally is, but that's excellent!
Well, I think there was better than a week spent one line of code, actually one
char '\r'. You are not alone
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
Gary
Frank
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've also seen it done using the html embed tag. We used itext to deliver a
fillable pdf. You can see it action here (http://www.sos.state.co.us/biz).
type=application/pdf
public ActionForward loadBytesIntoStream(
ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response,
String filename,
byte[] bytes)
throws Exception {
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
response.setHeader(
Content-disposition,
inline; filename= + justFilename);
response.setContentLength(bytes.length);
response.setHeader(Expires, 0);
response.setHeader(
Cache-Control,
must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0);
response.setHeader(Pragma, public);
ServletOutputStream buff = response.getOutputStream();
buff.write(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
bytes = null;
buff.flush();
return null;
}
Gary
-- Original message --
iText just generates the PDF on the server-side, the display issue on
the browser would still be the same because you are returning a PDF
stream back (or redirecting to a temp file, either way) and the browser
recognizes that and passes it to the plug-in for display (a plug-in
which, by the way, is perhaps the buggiest piece of garbage ever foisted
on an unsuspecting public!)
Frank
ziggler wrote:
you can use itext to realize?
2005/8/4, Frank W. Zammetti :
Hi Rafael,
The only way I can think of to actually embed a PDF, or at least to
give that appearance, is to use iFrames.
The Acrobat plug-in takes over the entire window it is shown in, which
when frames aren't involved is the entire client area of the browser.
So, using frames should, in theory, work (I've never actually tried to
do this, so there could be hidden gotchas). An iFrame would allow you
more or less to seem to embed the PDF.
I'd be willing to bet there aren't any other ways to do it that aren't
way more trouble than they're woth, if there are any at all...
...now that THAT gauntlet is thrown down, let the flood of messages
correcting me begin :)
Frank
Rafael Taboada wrote:
Hi Folks, I know my doubt is out Struts topic but I want to use ur
xperiencie in my problem.
I want to show a report in PDF file inside a JSP, inside a table for
example. I'm surfing on the web and all sites when try to show PDF they
link
to this file and the PDF is showed in the entire window if the user has
acrobat in his PC.
Is it possible to show the PDF but embed in JSP or HTML?? I mean, I have to
show a form in order to generate the PDF, and when th user click on
GENERATE
REPORT button, it makes a PDF file and I want to show this PDF in the same
page...
Do u know any place where I can find information for my doubt?.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
--
Frank W. Zammetti
Founder and Chief Software Architect
Omnytex Technologies
http://www.omnytex.com
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Re: 1.3.x in production (was Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP)
Well, now I'm going to have to go update my blog to 1.3 just to beat you both :) (Nah, doesn't even REMOTELY count as a production app, I know! :) ) Frank Wendy Smoak wrote: From: Joe Germuska [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... my most recent app (which may make history this weekend as the first Struts 1.3.x based webapp to go into production? ;-) ) You'll beat me by a few days, then. ;) I have one out in test that I had originally planned to leave at 1.2.7... but what fun would that be? -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
Really? You found that to be necassery? What specific problem does it
solve (which of the MANY Acrobat problems I mean? :) ).
I belive that it had to do with the upgrade from the 5.x to 6.0.2 reader com
controls. Version 6.0.2 would not run as an inprocess server. It wanted to
fire up an instance of reader instead of imbeding in the document. The context
type was the ticket. That's about I'll I know about details. It's been about
a year ago. I sat next to the guy working on it (Mr. Bee).
Gary
I ask because I spent probably a month dealing with PDF generation
issues and I just last week managed to get everything working for
everyone (it was one of those it works for user A but not B, oh wait,
it's tommorrow and now user B doesn't work but A does... and their PCs
appear to be identical in every way). I never tried what you suggest,
and it looks to be working perfectly now, so as someone who has fought
the Acrobat battle too, I'm curious.
Frank
Gary VanMatre wrote:
Excellent! I wouldn't have thought that would work, based on how
screwed up the Acrobat plug-in generally is, but that's excellent!
Well, I think there was better than a week spent one line of code, actually
one char '\r'. You are not alone
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
Gary
Frank
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've also seen it done using the html embed tag. We used itext to deliver
a
fillable pdf. You can see it action here (http://www.sos.state.co.us/biz).
type=application/pdf
public ActionForward loadBytesIntoStream(
ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response,
String filename,
byte[] bytes)
throws Exception {
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
response.setHeader(
Content-disposition,
inline; filename= + justFilename);
response.setContentLength(bytes.length);
response.setHeader(Expires, 0);
response.setHeader(
Cache-Control,
must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0);
response.setHeader(Pragma, public);
ServletOutputStream buff = response.getOutputStream();
buff.write(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
bytes = null;
buff.flush();
return null;
}
Gary
-- Original message --
iText just generates the PDF on the server-side, the display issue on
the browser would still be the same because you are returning a PDF
stream back (or redirecting to a temp file, either way) and the browser
recognizes that and passes it to the plug-in for display (a plug-in
which, by the way, is perhaps the buggiest piece of garbage ever foisted
on an unsuspecting public!)
Frank
ziggler wrote:
you can use itext to realize?
2005/8/4, Frank W. Zammetti :
Hi Rafael,
The only way I can think of to actually embed a PDF, or at least to
give that appearance, is to use iFrames.
The Acrobat plug-in takes over the entire window it is shown in, which
when frames aren't involved is the entire client area of the browser.
So, using frames should, in theory, work (I've never actually tried to
do this, so there could be hidden gotchas). An iFrame would allow you
more or less to seem to embed the PDF.
I'd be willing to bet there aren't any other ways to do it that aren't
way more trouble than they're woth, if there are any at all...
...now that THAT gauntlet is thrown down, let the flood of messages
correcting me begin :)
Frank
Rafael Taboada wrote:
Hi Folks, I know my doubt is out Struts topic but I want to use ur
xperiencie in my problem.
I want to show a report in PDF file inside a JSP, inside a table for
example. I'm surfing on the web and all sites when try to show PDF
they
link
to this file and the PDF is showed in the entire window if the user
has
acrobat in his PC.
Is it possible to show the PDF but embed in JSP or HTML?? I mean, I
have
to
show a form in order to generate the PDF, and when th user click on
GENERATE
REPORT button, it makes a PDF file and I want to show this PDF in the
same
page...
Do u know any place where I can find information for my doubt?.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
--
Frank W. Zammetti
Founder and Chief Software Architect
Omnytex Technologies
http://www.omnytex.com
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Omnytex Technologies
http://www.omnytex.com
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Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
Cool, thanks!
At work I actually have a rather lengthy document listing all the
Acrobat issues I found along the way, and the solutions to it... quite a
few... I'm going to add this to it as a miscellaneous note, just so I
don't forget for next time (and, oh, I *know* there's gonna be a next time!)
Frank
Gary VanMatre wrote:
Really? You found that to be necassery? What specific problem does it
solve (which of the MANY Acrobat problems I mean? :) ).
I belive that it had to do with the upgrade from the 5.x to 6.0.2 reader com controls. Version 6.0.2 would not run as an inprocess server. It wanted to fire up an instance of reader instead of imbeding in the document. The context type was the ticket. That's about I'll I know about details. It's been about a year ago. I sat next to the guy working on it (Mr. Bee).
Gary
I ask because I spent probably a month dealing with PDF generation
issues and I just last week managed to get everything working for
everyone (it was one of those it works for user A but not B, oh wait,
it's tommorrow and now user B doesn't work but A does... and their PCs
appear to be identical in every way). I never tried what you suggest,
and it looks to be working perfectly now, so as someone who has fought
the Acrobat battle too, I'm curious.
Frank
Gary VanMatre wrote:
Excellent! I wouldn't have thought that would work, based on how
screwed up the Acrobat plug-in generally is, but that's excellent!
Well, I think there was better than a week spent one line of code, actually
one char '\r'. You are not alone
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
Gary
Frank
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've also seen it done using the html embed tag. We used itext to deliver a
fillable pdf. You can see it action here (http://www.sos.state.co.us/biz).
type=application/pdf
public ActionForward loadBytesIntoStream(
ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response,
String filename,
byte[] bytes)
throws Exception {
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
response.setHeader(
Content-disposition,
inline; filename= + justFilename);
response.setContentLength(bytes.length);
response.setHeader(Expires, 0);
response.setHeader(
Cache-Control,
must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0);
response.setHeader(Pragma, public);
ServletOutputStream buff = response.getOutputStream();
buff.write(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
bytes = null;
buff.flush();
return null;
}
Gary
-- Original message --
iText just generates the PDF on the server-side, the display issue on
the browser would still be the same because you are returning a PDF
stream back (or redirecting to a temp file, either way) and the browser
recognizes that and passes it to the plug-in for display (a plug-in
which, by the way, is perhaps the buggiest piece of garbage ever foisted
on an unsuspecting public!)
Frank
ziggler wrote:
you can use itext to realize?
2005/8/4, Frank W. Zammetti :
Hi Rafael,
The only way I can think of to actually embed a PDF, or at least to
give that appearance, is to use iFrames.
The Acrobat plug-in takes over the entire window it is shown in, which
when frames aren't involved is the entire client area of the browser.
So, using frames should, in theory, work (I've never actually tried to
do this, so there could be hidden gotchas). An iFrame would allow you
more or less to seem to embed the PDF.
I'd be willing to bet there aren't any other ways to do it that aren't
way more trouble than they're woth, if there are any at all...
...now that THAT gauntlet is thrown down, let the flood of messages
correcting me begin :)
Frank
Rafael Taboada wrote:
Hi Folks, I know my doubt is out Struts topic but I want to use ur
xperiencie in my problem.
I want to show a report in PDF file inside a JSP, inside a table for
example. I'm surfing on the web and all sites when try to show PDF they
link
to this file and the PDF is showed in the entire window if the user has
acrobat in his PC.
Is it possible to show the PDF but embed in JSP or HTML?? I mean, I have
to
show a form in order to generate the PDF, and when th user click on
GENERATE
REPORT button, it makes a PDF file and I want to show this PDF in the
same
page...
Do u know any place where I can find information for my doubt?.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
--
Frank W. Zammetti
Founder and Chief Software Architect
Omnytex Technologies
http://www.omnytex.com
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RE: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
This may help.
http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/general/webapp/
thanks - dave
David Thielen
303-499-2544
www.windwardreports.com
-Original Message-
From: Frank W. Zammetti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 9:49 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Showing a PDF inside a JSP
Cool, thanks!
At work I actually have a rather lengthy document listing all the
Acrobat issues I found along the way, and the solutions to it... quite a
few... I'm going to add this to it as a miscellaneous note, just so I
don't forget for next time (and, oh, I *know* there's gonna be a next time!)
Frank
Gary VanMatre wrote:
Really? You found that to be necassery? What specific problem does it
solve (which of the MANY Acrobat problems I mean? :) ).
I belive that it had to do with the upgrade from the 5.x to 6.0.2 reader
com controls. Version 6.0.2 would not run as an inprocess server. It
wanted to fire up an instance of reader instead of imbeding in the document.
The context type was the ticket. That's about I'll I know about details.
It's been about a year ago. I sat next to the guy working on it (Mr. Bee).
Gary
I ask because I spent probably a month dealing with PDF generation
issues and I just last week managed to get everything working for
everyone (it was one of those it works for user A but not B, oh wait,
it's tommorrow and now user B doesn't work but A does... and their PCs
appear to be identical in every way). I never tried what you suggest,
and it looks to be working perfectly now, so as someone who has fought
the Acrobat battle too, I'm curious.
Frank
Gary VanMatre wrote:
Excellent! I wouldn't have thought that would work, based on how
screwed up the Acrobat plug-in generally is, but that's excellent!
Well, I think there was better than a week spent one line of code,
actually
one char '\r'. You are not alone
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
Gary
Frank
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've also seen it done using the html embed tag. We used itext to
deliver a
fillable pdf. You can see it action here
(http://www.sos.state.co.us/biz).
type=application/pdf
public ActionForward loadBytesIntoStream(
ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response,
String filename,
byte[] bytes)
throws Exception {
response.setContentType(application/pdf\r);
response.setHeader(
Content-disposition,
inline; filename= + justFilename);
response.setContentLength(bytes.length);
response.setHeader(Expires, 0);
response.setHeader(
Cache-Control,
must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0);
response.setHeader(Pragma, public);
ServletOutputStream buff = response.getOutputStream();
buff.write(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
bytes = null;
buff.flush();
return null;
}
Gary
-- Original message --
iText just generates the PDF on the server-side, the display issue on
the browser would still be the same because you are returning a PDF
stream back (or redirecting to a temp file, either way) and the
browser
recognizes that and passes it to the plug-in for display (a plug-in
which, by the way, is perhaps the buggiest piece of garbage ever
foisted
on an unsuspecting public!)
Frank
ziggler wrote:
you can use itext to realize?
2005/8/4, Frank W. Zammetti :
Hi Rafael,
The only way I can think of to actually embed a PDF, or at least
to
give that appearance, is to use iFrames.
The Acrobat plug-in takes over the entire window it is shown in,
which
when frames aren't involved is the entire client area of the
browser.
So, using frames should, in theory, work (I've never actually tried
to
do this, so there could be hidden gotchas). An iFrame would allow
you
more or less to seem to embed the PDF.
I'd be willing to bet there aren't any other ways to do it that
aren't
way more trouble than they're woth, if there are any at all...
...now that THAT gauntlet is thrown down, let the flood of messages
correcting me begin :)
Frank
Rafael Taboada wrote:
Hi Folks, I know my doubt is out Struts topic but I want to use ur
xperiencie in my problem.
I want to show a report in PDF file inside a JSP, inside a table
for
example. I'm surfing on the web and all sites when try to show PDF
they
link
to this file and the PDF is showed in the entire window if the user
has
acrobat in his PC.
Is it possible to show the PDF but embed in JSP or HTML?? I mean, I
have
to
show a form in order to generate the PDF, and when th user click on
GENERATE
REPORT button, it makes a PDF file and I want to show this PDF in
the
same
page...
Do u know any place where I can find information for my doubt?.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
--
Frank W. Zammetti
Founder and Chief Software Architect
Omnytex Technologies
http://www.omnytex.com
