Hi,
I've been doing this successfully with JavaMail and iText. Just create a
MimeBodyPart containing the data. Some example code:
// You have a ByteArrayOutputStream containing the PDF called pdf. You have
called iText's document.close() to finish the PDF generation.
String applicationType = "application/pdf";
MimeBodyPart bp = new MimeBodyPart();
bp.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(new ByteArrayDataSource(pdf.toByteArray(),
applicationType)));
bp.setFileName("My PDF File.pdf");
MimeMultipart wholeEmail = new MimeMultipart();
// Add your other MimeBodyParts (covering email etc)
wholeEmail.addBodyPart(bp);
// Actual JavaMail setup stuff skipped
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance();
MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(session);
msg.setContent(wholeEmail);
// Set your other to/froms etc etc and send it.
Regards,
John.
http://www.winbolo.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 1:15 AM
Subject: [iText-questions] Output a PDF directly to a email attachment with
a correct MIME type
I've been on the javasoft web site and searched yahoo! but no-one seems to
know how to over come this.... loads of folk want to find a solution !-)
Very simply, I want to create a PDF and attach it to an email using JavaMail
(mail.jar, activation.jar etc).
I can create the PDF to a file then attach that without a problem; but when
trying to attach the PDF directly from a ByteArrayOutputStream (ie. in
memory - from another Class that creates the PDF to an OutputStream) to a
BodyPart using the setDataHandler(...) etc it fails with exceptions relating
to unsupported DCH. I can convert the output to a StringBuffer the
.toString(), then set the type as text/plain and the email is sent - only
the PDF is corrupt (it has bytes 0a 0d in place of 0a for newlines?).
There's a file in the activation.jar - mimetypes.default that has some mime
types listed but not application/pdf.... I don't know why there are so few
types in there.
I know this isn't really related to the iText library, but it is useful to
be able to attach a PDF and send it via email.
Thanks for any help (especially code snippets!).
Paul
Paul Black
B.Eng (Hons) Software Engineering
Advocates Library - IT Department, Parliament House, EDINBURGH, EH1 1RF
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