Try a java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream instead of the FileOutputStream
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Rich Freedman
Sr. Software Engineer
Cross Current Corp.
http://www.crosscurrent.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Richard Corfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Paulo Soares"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Concatenating an existing PDF
> with a new
> document in a servlet.
> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:02:25 +0100
>
> Paul
>
> Thankyou for your reply. This narrows my problem down to the
> fact that I'm not sure how to create a new document as a byte
> array. Previously I have used something like:
> Document document = new Document()
> PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new
> FileOutputStream("3.pdf"));
> ...which (obviously) writes to file.
> Can you give me an example of creating a document as a byte
> array in memory. Apologies if this is trivial - I do not
> normally work in java
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Regards
>
> Richard
>
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:44:46 +0100, Paulo Soares wrote:
> > Create your cover page in memory. Now you can concatenate
> two documents:
> > one created with PdfReader(byte[]) and the other from
> PdfReader(String).
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Paulo Soares
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > > Behalf Of Richard Corfield
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 12:00 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [iText-questions] Concatenating an existing PDF with
> > > a new document in a servlet.
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am trying to create a cover sheet dynamically to existing
> > > PDFs using a servlet.
> > > All I want to do is put an extra page at the front of the PDF
> > > with some simple text and then stream directly to the browser.
> > >
> > > I can concatenate existing files and then print then to the
> > > browser. And I can create new documents, but I'm having
> > > trouble doing both at once.
> > >
> > > Would it be possible for someone to post a very simple
> > > example of this in action?
> > >
> > > Many thanks
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
> > >
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