AW: Viewing PDF without AcrobatReader or FOP??
Hi Oleg, when viewing PDFs with embedded fonts, you will see differences between the platform specific and the Java version of AcrobatReader. The Java-version does some ugly character spacing, embedded fonts are not displayed properly. That's really not a *good* thing. And the fact that it has not been updated since 1998 shows, that adobe is not interested in providing a real solution for java. Markus # -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- # Von: Oleg Tkachenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] # Gesendet am: Samstag, 16. November 2002 18:41 # An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Betreff: Re: Viewing PDF without AcrobatReader or FOP?? # # Müller, Markus wrote: # # we're just testing FOP to generate PDF on a host, then # sending the PDF # document in a way we don't know yet to some clients. The # clients should be # able to view (and perhaps to print) the document. Is this # possible without # AcrobatReader? The AcroRead for Java is not really a good thing, # btw, what's wrong with it? I've been told it's ok despite the # fact that # it was not updated long time. # # and using # FOP only to display a file isn't a solution, too (since # it's too large). Has # anybody a little hint? # If wanna high-quality pdf preview, I believe using Acrobat is # the only # way. Surely client must have Acrobat Reader installed, but # it's free and # absence of it can be detected in javascript. # # -- # Oleg Tkachenko # eXperanto team # Multiconn Technologies, Israel #
Re: AW: Viewing PDF without AcrobatReader or FOP??
Müller, Markus wrote: when viewing PDFs with embedded fonts, you will see differences between the platform specific and the Java version of AcrobatReader. The Java-version does some ugly character spacing, embedded fonts are not displayed properly. That's really not a *good* thing. And the fact that it has not been updated since 1998 shows, that adobe is not interested in providing a real solution for java. I see. btw, problems sound familiar, we have the same ones with AWT Viewer. -- Oleg Tkachenko eXperanto team Multiconn Technologies, Israel
Re: AW: Viewing PDF without AcrobatReader or FOP??
Müller, Markus wrote: Nice idea, but the size of a TIFF is much greater than the PDF. Not necessarily true, TIFF format has many compression schemas. Loot at my TIFFRenderer demo[1] for example. But TIFF also requires browser plugin so no advantage here. [1] http://www.tkachenko.com/fop/TIFFRendererDemo -- Oleg Tkachenko eXperanto team Multiconn Technologies, Israel
Viewing PDF without AcrobatReader or FOP??
Hi there, we're just testing FOP to generate PDF on a host, then sending the PDF document in a way we don't know yet to some clients. The clients should be able to view (and perhaps to print) the document. Is this possible without AcrobatReader? The AcroRead for Java is not really a good thing, and using FOP only to display a file isn't a solution, too (since it's too large). Has anybody a little hint? Markus
Re: Viewing PDF without AcrobatReader or FOP??
Hmm, what about converting the PDF to a TIFF (or similar) on the server and sending that to the client? Can be accomplished with GhostScript, for example. On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:55:04 +0100 Müller, Markus wrote: Hi there, we're just testing FOP to generate PDF on a host, then sending the PDF document in a way we don't know yet to some clients. The clients should be able to view (and perhaps to print) the document. Is this possible without AcrobatReader? The AcroRead for Java is not really a good thing, and using FOP only to display a file isn't a solution, too (since it's too large). Has anybody a little hint? Markus Jeremias Maerki
RE: Viewing PDF without AcrobatReader or FOP??
Markus Müller wrote: we're just testing FOP to generate PDF on a host, then sending the PDF document in a way we don't know yet to some clients. The clients should be able to view (and perhaps to print) the document. Is this possible without AcrobatReader? The AcroRead for Java is not really a good thing, and using FOP only to display a file isn't a solution, too (since it's too large). Has anybody a little hint? Obviously you can always write your own viewer and there are other PDF viewers available, but it will be difficult to answer your question unless you can tell us what shortcoming in Acrobat Reader you are trying to overcome. Victor Mote
