Re: [flexcoders] PDF rendering in Flex

2007-11-06 Thread Nick Collins
perhaps if you had a library on the backend that could convert that PDF into a series of PNGs that you could then load into Ely Greenfield's flexbook component? On 11/6/07, frank_sommers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm wondering if there is a way to render PDF inside a Flex component. I'm

Re: [flexcoders] PDF rendering in Flex

2007-11-06 Thread Paul Decoursey
I think that is probably your best bet at this point. It is possible to read a PDF in flex, but rendering it is a bit tricky. First if it's compressed you'll have to unzip parts of it. Once you have it decoded you could execute the drawing commands on a UIComponent and display the text

RE: [flexcoders] PDF rendering in Flex

2007-11-06 Thread David Mendels
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 2:37 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] PDF rendering in Flex I think that is probably your best bet at this point. It is possible to read a PDF in flex, but rendering it is a bit tricky. First

Re: [flexcoders] PDF rendering in Flex

2007-11-06 Thread Richard Rodseth
The Share suggestion is an interesting one, but I think lots of us are looking forward to the day when there is client-side rendering from ActionScript baked into the run-time, or an Adobe-supported extension. Ironically, I think the client-side PDF rendering options are greater in the .NET world.