Leonard,
I see that the data is embedded in the file (looking at it in textpad) and I
do use actions, but when I click on thumbnail of the attachment image
nothing happens on the click, there is some disconnect between an action and
the embedded file descriptor, take a look at the code below:
Do you see where it might not be done right?
private Chunk createAttachmentChunk(PdfWriter docWriter, MediaBase att,
String type) {
URL url = new URL("${grailsApplication.config.baseUrl}" + type +
"/downloadByName/${att.id}_${att.fileName}");
byte[] b = loadBytesFromURL(url);
PdfFileSpecification pdfSpec =
PdfFileSpecification.fileEmbedded(docWriter, att.fileName,
att.title,
b, false);
Image imageAttachment = Image.getInstance(new
URL("${grailsApplication.config.baseUrl}images/icons/attachment.png"));
imageAttachment.scaleToFit(40, 40);
imageAttachment.setAlignment(1);
PdfTargetDictionary target = new PdfTargetDictionary(true);
target.setEmbeddedFileName(att.fileName);
PdfDestination dest = new PdfDestination(PdfDestination.FIT);
dest.addFirst(pdfSpec.getReference());
PdfTargetDictionary intermediate = new PdfTargetDictionary(true);
intermediate.setAdditionalPath(target);
PdfAction action = PdfAction.gotoEmbedded(att.fileName, intermediate,
dest, true);
Chunk ck = new Chunk(imageAttachment, 0, -5);
ck.setAction(action);
return ck;
}
Leonard Rosenthol-3 wrote:
>
> I've already told you what you need to do - use a Launch action. Why you
> refuse to take my advice is beyond me...
>
> Leonard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vickatvuuch [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 3:40 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How-to embed Word document and make a
> clickable thumnail image to launch MS Word
>
>
> Thanks for the info, but then why would I need an API like iText, if I
> learn
> all the constructs at the byte level, I could make up a PDF file without
> iText isn't it? Its sort of like you would say before you can store data
> in
> the Oracle table you'd need to figure out how they partition their indexes
> and also how then physical data is written and looked up..
> My latest experiment led me to the code below, which in my understanding
> would embed the word document at the top level and attach an action onto
> the
> Chunk holding thumbail image.
> However it attaches it, but the action doesn't do anything, although the
> image is clickable now.
>
> private Chunk createAttachmentChunk(PdfWriter docWriter, MediaBase
> att,
> String type) {
>
> URL url = new URL("${grailsApplication.config.baseUrl}" + type +
> "/downloadByName/${att.id}_${att.fileName}");
>
> byte[] b = loadBytesFromURL(url);
>
> PdfFileSpecification pdfSpec =
> PdfFileSpecification.fileEmbedded(docWriter, att.fileName,
> att.title,
> b, true);
>
> docWriter.addFileAttachment(pdfSpec);
>
> Image imageAttachment = Image.getInstance(new
> URL("${grailsApplication.config.baseUrl}images/icons/attachment.png"));
>
> imageAttachment.scaleToFit(40, 40);
> imageAttachment.setAlignment(1);
>
> PdfTargetDictionary target = new PdfTargetDictionary(true);
> target.setEmbeddedFileName(att.fileName);
>
> PdfDestination dest = new PdfDestination(PdfDestination.FIT);
> dest.addFirst(pdfSpec.getReference());
>
> //intermediate.setAdditionalPath(target);
>
> PdfTargetDictionary intermediate = new PdfTargetDictionary(true);
> intermediate.setAdditionalPath(target);
>
> PdfAction action = PdfAction.gotoEmbedded(att.fileName, intermediate,
> dest, true);
>
> //imageAttachment.setAdditional(pdfSpec);
>
> //imageAttachment.setOriginalData(b);
>
> //PdfAnnotation annot = PdfAnnotation.createFileAttachment(docWriter,
> new Rectangle(0,0,0,0),
> // att.fileName, b, "", att.title);
>
> //imageAttachment.setAnnotation(annot);
>
> Chunk ck = new Chunk(imageAttachment, 0, -5);
> ck.setAction(action);
> //ck.setAnchor(url);
>
> return ck;
> }
>
>
>
> Leonard Rosenthol-3 wrote:
>>
>> I think you need to read the PDF Reference/ISO 32000-1 to understand the
>> options available to you - also having a program like Adobe Acrobat
>> Professional where you can interactively build a working PDF would be a
>> HUGE help.
>>
>> After you've built a working sample - THEN you can use that information
>> to
>> program it in iText.
>>
>> Leonard
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: vickatvuuch [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 1:09 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How-to embed Word document and make a
>> clickable thumnail image to launch MS Word
>>
>>
>> I added the pdf screenshot. As you can see, I have Chunk objects with a
>> scaled down Image in it.
>> At this point I ck.setAnchor(url); which makes it clickable and it
>> fetched
>> an image or word document
>> from the server and opens it up.
>> All attempts to embed the attachment data and use that stand-alone didn't
>> work. In one case my thumbnail image disapears in another the whole
>> document
>> gets screwed up.
>>
>> Steps I tried to follow:
>> //get attachment as byte array
>> byte[] b = loadBytesFromURL(url);
>>
>> //created embedded file spec giving it byte array title and
>> name
>> PdfFileSpecification pdfSpec =
>> PdfFileSpecification.fileEmbedded(docWriter, att.fileName,
>> att.title,
>> b, true);
>> //add file level attachment to the pdf using above spec
>> docWriter.addFileAttachment(pdfSpec);
>>
>> //create action to go to the embedded
>> PdfAction action = PdfAction.gotoEmbedded(att.fileName,
>> pdfSpec,
>> dest, true);
>>
>> //finally attach action to the Chunk wrapping thumnail image
>>
>> Chunk ck = new Chunk(imageAttachment, 0, -5);
>> chunk.setAction(action);
>>
>> As a result of the above, my document thumbnail image disapears, only
>> image
>> title is visiable and and its not clickable..
>>
>>
>> vickatvuuch wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1T3XT info wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
>>>>> Without seeing a final PDF page of what you are intending, my personal
>>>>> recommendation is to look at the new Portfolio features of Acrobat 9
>>>>> (PDF 1.7-ADBE-3) for incorporating non-PDF content into your
>>>>> documents.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want to put the content directly inline (vs. the portfolio
>>>>> model), then you want to be using Launch actions for your link
>>>>> annotations.
>>>>
>>>> For inspiration, take a look at
>>>> http://lowagie.com/itextwiki/doku.php/collections
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