Thanks for the information, Leonard. Interesting, I've never heard of that (Linearization or Fast Web View). Can you tell me any more about the custom web server requirements?
Lonnie Leonard Rosenthol wrote: > > That is called Linearization (or "Fast Web View") in the Acrobat > UI. It can ONLY be done through the use of a fully written & > properly prepared physical PDF file (which iText doesn't offer at > this time) OR a custom web server component to handle the "byte > serving". > > Leonard > > > On Dec 4, 2007, at 1:20 PM, L Lewis wrote: >> I've noticed that some large PDF documents are streamed to the >> browser's PDF >> plug-in. That is, you can start reading the PDF document before the >> entire >> thing is loaded. How is this done? Is this a function of the PDF >> plug-in >> itself? Does the iText, etc. do this? We are building our PDFs >> dynamically >> into a byte[], then writing it to the response stream, if this makes a >> difference. >> >> \ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Streaming-PDF-to-browser-on-the-fly--tf4944806.html#a14169773 Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
