Ramana, Two things - in Windows one cannot easily launch the viewer from Java, because there is no command line interface in the Win version of Reader, only DDE - a nuisance (at best) to use via Java.
And yes, there is an Adobe-built java-based reader, but it is buggy, is NOT supported, and does not support the new features of present-day Acrobat. Beyond that, good luck writing a PDFEditorKit At 02:03 AM 7/28/02, Ramana wrote: > >Yep, this is OK. My thought was a viewer that can be > 1. Added to the panel component (or) > 2. A PDFEditorKit, as we have HTMLEditorKit. > >Acrobat reader is a outside application. If I launch it through a swing >application, it gives the splash screen etc. etc. The idea is to develop a >viewer which can be part of the swing application. > >Ramana. > > > >Rhett Aultman Wrote: > >I can't speak for others, but this has never been a problem in my time as a >user of FOP. My general FO document development process: > >1) Fiddle with FO document >2) Run through FOP, producing PDF file >3) Point my web browser at the PDF file >4) Web browser launches PDF viewer, either as a plugin or an external >process (depending on if I'm at my Windows or Solaris box) >5) I view the document, closing the external reader, if necessary >6) Go back to 1, except I click the browser's refresh button on 4. > >How much more simple could it get? If it's really that much of a nuisance, >why not write a .BAT file or other form of shell script to run FOP and then >launch a PDF reader to read the file? The process of doing so is fairly >simple and direct. I'm fairly sure that most people using FOP can follow >such a process. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: RamanaJV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 5:24 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [PDF Viewer] Utility request > > >After a little bit of exploration, I found that the JavaBean adobe gives is >not supported at all and the license tell it clear that it could contain >bugs. That JavaBean is not worth talking. When I search the web, I found >that all the activity is going in PDF creation, manipulation etc. etc. There >are good number of API's dealing with it. > >But, how much worth is a creator, without a viewer. In 90% of the >applications the needs come to launch the viewer to be part of the >application. No user prefers the print the PDF outside and again open the >Acrobat Reader to see it. This lessens the competitiveness of the product. >FOP beautifully caters to the creation of PDF, but a viewer is very much >worthy and I'm sure the FOP with a viewer definitely strikes. > >Excuse me, If I'm more user conscious... > >Ramana. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ralph LaChance [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:46 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [PDF Viewer] Utility request > > >At 03:43 AM 7/26/02, you wrote: > >Anyone contacted Adobe to see if they wanna opensource it? > >Two years ago I contacted them to explore source licensing to my >client -- without support -- for usage in a single product and they >couldn't say no fast enough ;-) > >Later I got a back channel email from one of the developers >that mentioned something (I'm not quoting here) about company >loyalties to m$ which made them unwilling to play in the java space. > > > > ' Best, > -Ralph LaChance > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' Best, -Ralph LaChance --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
