Sorry, JSP's are only capable of producing text output. You'll need a servlet to produce PDF output. Also, if you're retrieving the PDF content from the database consider using the 'ResultSet.getBinaryStream(...)' and copy the resulting input stream to the response output stream, as opposed to materializing the entire PDF 'file' in memory and then writing it.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 4:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Streaming PDF file with the bean:write tag -- please help I would like to be able to display/stream the PDF file in the browser and use the <bean:write> tag in the JSP to acomplish that. Say I have a form bean that has a byte array field, and I want the jsp to specify the contentType as "application/pdf" and just have the bean:write tag, such as: <bean:write name="mybean" property="pdfcontent"/> Is this possible to achieve? Are there any hacks/tricks to make it work in a JSP when the form bean has the binary content field? When I do it with with the byte array attribute, it just displays the address of the array in memory (possibly calls toString()). If I make the field of type String and convert the byte array to String in the controller as follows: str = new String(byteArray), it does not get converted correctly and the browser hangs. I know the best way to do it is to have a servlet. But I need to do it in a JSP because of certain limitations of my application. Please help. Thanks. This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
