Probably text would be the easiest to implement. You can read text line-by-line to do this. I believe there may be an example in the iText tutorial. So this would put the bulk of your work in working with Java's Swing and IO classes.
-Matt --- Jayme Matthew Fishman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the quick response! I would like to > create a java swing file > opener/saver that can save down a filetype (at least > one type) as a PDF. > In other words open a text file, or another type of > file, and save > it/convert it to a PDF. Is that enough info? > > Thanks, > Jayme > > On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Matt Benson wrote: > > > iText doesn't exactly convert files to PDF. You > can > > use iText to convert a text file to a PDF but > there > > are probably more direct ways to do this. What > > exactly do you want your term project to do? > > > > -Matt > > > > --- Jayme Matthew Fishman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Hello. > > > > > > I am VERY new to computer programming and am > taking > > > my first intro-level > > > class this semester. One of my requirements is > to > > > create a "term > > > project." Ideally I would like to create a > simple > > > file utility that > > > leverages existing classes to create a PDF > output. > > > My teaching fellow > > > referred me to your site as a resource. My > question > > > is, and please > > > forgive its simplicity, can I convert any type > of > > > file using your class? > > > That is, does it only work for text files or can > it > > > also work for Word > > > files etc? > > > > > > I look forward to your response. Thanks for > making > > > this class available! > > > > > > Regards, > > > Jayme Fishman > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > _______________________________________________ > > > iText-questions mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes > > http://autos.yahoo.com > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
