And I don't.. Thanks for you help though, you really got me to read that
Adobe spec, which
turns out wasn't needed, but I got a taste of it and must thank Bruno for
wrapping it all up.
Now, here is the solution to benefit all those that yet to run into it:
This method takes docWriter and attachmentThumbnail and returns
a Chunk that points to an embedded byte array, all that I needed.
Ignore MediaBase and type, these are specific to my app, but it should be
obvious anyway.
private Chunk createAttachmentChunk(PdfWriter docWriter, MediaBase att,
String type, Image attachmentThumbnail) {
URL url = new URL("${grailsApplication.config.baseUrl}" + type +
"/downloadByName/${att.id}_${att.fileName}");
byte[] b = loadBytesFromURL(url);
PdfFileSpecification pdfSpec =
PdfFileSpecification.fileEmbedded(docWriter, att.id +
att.fileName,
att.id + att.fileName, b, true);
PdfAnnotation annot = PdfAnnotation.createFileAttachment(docWriter,
new Rectangle(10,10,10,10), att.fileName, pdfSpec);
PdfContentByte cb = docWriter.getDirectContent();
PdfAppearance ap = cb.createAppearance(300, 300);
ap.setBoundingBox(attachmentThumbnail);
ap.setLineWidth(1);
annot.setAppearance(PdfAnnotation.APPEARANCE_NORMAL,ap);
annot.setAppearance(PdfAnnotation.APPEARANCE_DOWN, ap);
Chunk ck = new Chunk(attachmentThumbnail, 0, -5);
ck.setAnnotation(annot);
return ck;
}
Leonard Rosenthol-3 wrote:
>
> I give up!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vickatvuuch [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 6:58 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How-to embed Word document and make a
> clickable thumnail image to launch MS Word
>
>
> ok, so you agree that launch is not gonna do it; how about
> PdfAction.gotoEmbedded what it's made for?
>
>
> Leonard Rosenthol-3 wrote:
>>
>> 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
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