So the iText API has exposed some Windows-specific extras of the Launch action - OK, that's allowed, it's part of the format. But those are just command line parameters to be passed. They also work with Mac OS X and Unix/Linux as well.
But it appears that API is only for external launching - you'll need to create a variant of it for your needs. -----Original Message----- From: vickatvuuch [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 6:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How-to embed Word document and make a clickable thumnail image to launch MS Word I'm reading the source code and it sais that parameters are windows specific, take a look below. also I can not believe nobody needed to embed a word doc and launch it on the click. The API could be deficient, I don't disagree. If need be I will drop itText and use something that works, but that's wasn't my question. /** Launches an application or a document. * @param application the application to be launched or the document to be opened or printed. * @param parameters (Windows-specific) A parameter string to be passed to the application. * It can be <CODE>null</CODE>. * @param operation (Windows-specific) the operation to perform: "open" - Open a document, * "print" - Print a document. * It can be <CODE>null</CODE>. * @param defaultDir (Windows-specific) the default directory in standard DOS syntax. * It can be <CODE>null</CODE>. * @return a Launch action */ Leonard Rosenthol-3 wrote: > > Launch works on ALL platforms since PDF is the PORTABLE document format. > Launch works with embedded as well as external objects. > > Again, you are only looking at iText's APIs - you are NOT looking at what > is possible with PDF. It may be that no one has needed the feature yet > and you'll have to write it yourself (OH NO!!!!). Or you could hire Bruno > to write it for you... > > Leonard > > -----Original Message----- > From: vickatvuuch [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 5:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How-to embed Word document and make a > clickable thumnail image to launch MS Word > > > Ok that makes sense, but it doesn't work either. > > For one thing that API is Windows specific, for another it seem to > designed > to work only with external files as there is no way to refer to an > embedded > file or is there? > > public static PdfAction createLaunch(String application, String > parameters, > String operation, String defaultDir) { > > I have two things describing embedded file: fileName and its descriptor > aka > handle, here is how I embed a file: PdfFileSpecification pdfSpec = > PdfFileSpecification.fileEmbedded(docWriter, att.id + att.fileName, > att.id > + att.fileName, b, false); > > > Leonard Rosenthol-3 wrote: >> >> Then you want Launch actions. >> >> Hopefully, you are embedded the 3D objects as standard PDF 3D models and >> not using some other format... >> >> Leonard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: vickatvuuch [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 12:59 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How-to embed Word document and make a >> clickable thumnail image to launch MS Word >> >> >> >> >> 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 >>> -- >>> This answer is provided by 1T3XT BVBA >>> http://www.1t3xt.com/ - http://www.1t3xt.info >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 >>> 30-Day >>> trial. 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