Not necessary, if tomcat 3.x/4.0 forward the Range information to the end Servlet....
- Henri Gomez ___[_]____ EMAIL : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (. .) PGP KEY : 697ECEDD ...oOOo..(_)..oOOo... PGP Fingerprint : 9DF8 1EA8 ED53 2F39 DC9B 904A 364F 80E6 >-----Original Message----- >From: Ralph Einfeldt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:09 AM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: AW: Byte Serving PDF's > > >AFAIK the only thing you have to do is let tomcat 4.0 serve the >PDF's instead of your own servlet. > >Tomcat 4 implements HTTP 1.1 which introduced something like >'byte range request' (I don't have the exact name at hand) >which is used by the acrobat reader. > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: MacDonald, Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. November 2001 23:59 >> An: 'Tomcat Users List' >> Betreff: RE: Byte Serving PDF's >> >> >> Yes. It's not only possible, but support for it is built in >> to most modern >> web servers. >> >> The PDF has to be "optimized" for byte-serving and the web >> server has to be >> capable of byte-serving. >> >> So my question remains. Anyone out there done it or know how >> to configure >> Tomcat 4 to do it? >> >> -T >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chris Tucker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 5:48 PM >> To: Tomcat Users List >> Subject: RE: Byte Serving PDF's >> >> >> Is this even possible? From my understanding of the PDF >format, it is >> inherently random-access and relies on the entire file being >available >> before it can be displayed. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: MacDonald, Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 2:24 PM >> To: 'Tomcat Users List' >> Subject: RE: Byte Serving PDF's >> >> >> The PDF's are pre-existing. I need to "byte serve" them (for >> page-at-a-time >> access via the Acrobat Reader plug-in in the client's browser). >> >> Currently we have a servlet that reads the file and streams >> the whole thing >> back. Some of the PDF's are quite large (13 megs). This >> means that the >> user has to wait until all 13 megs are received before s/he >> can view it. >> >> Byte-serving solves that problem, I just don't know how to do it. >> >> -T >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jim Urban [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 4:54 PM >> To: Tomcat Users List >> Subject: RE: Byte Serving PDF's >> >> >> Do you want to dynamically generate the PDF on the fly and return it >> directly to the browser or to simply "serve" PDF files? If >> you want to do >> the first, check out the FOP website and have a look at the >FOPServlet >> source code. This assumes you can make the contents of the >> PDF available in >> XML format for processing by FOP. >> >> Jim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: MacDonald, Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 1:53 PM >> To: Tomcat-User (E-mail) >> Subject: Byte Serving PDF's >> >> >> Anyone know how (or better yet, have some code to) byte serve >> PDF's through >> Tomcat 4? >> >> -T >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> > >-- >To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
