I have used iText successfully in my previous assignment. It works extremely well. If one wants 2 go bleeding edge, they can have a look at FOP from apache or WH2FO by Fabio Gianetti (works for simple word --> pdf conversion. If your word doc has tables inside of tables, this tool blows up.)
FOP was a pain but worth learning. regards hemant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Galbreath, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 12:11 PM Subject: RE: Loading pdf files using jsp > Adobe used to have a Java library but there were so many issues with it (and > Adobe did not support it) that they removed it from their downloads. > > http://support.adobe.com/devsup/devsup.nsf/docs/51759.htm > > I would suggest a Google search, however, because I know many people have > asked this question (including me) over the years and someone is bound to > have written one by now. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:04 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Loading pdf files using jsp > > > > > Maybe you meant that you wanted to "WRITE" a PDF file from JSP? Loading a > PDF file from a JSP is no different than loading any other web page from > JSP. If the client browser has the Adobe Acrobat plugin installed, any > hyperlink to PDF files will spawn the PDF file in the requesting browser. > You may need to ensure that your server is configured to accepct the PDF > mime-type, but other than that, it's a simple deal. > > To write PDF's dynamically, there is a Java library that you can obtain > that is free. You'll have to dig for it though, cause I simply cannot > remember the name or where to get it. There are also numerous commercial > libraries that assist with writing dynamic PDF's on the server. > > - Cody > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/12/2002 04:27:32 AM > > Please respond to Struts Users Mailing List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: Loading pdf files using jsp > > > > > Hello, > I want to load a PDF file from JSP. > Is it possible. > > Regards > Arun > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: < > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: < > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or > taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or > entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received > this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any > computer. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
