B4J Question Apache PDFBox

[amaxco]

Hi,

I am inquiring about whether there is any implementation of the above library in B4J and if it has a built-in viewer.

Regards

 

[amaxco]

I'm using the same library (modified for ABMaterial) and my url looks like this:

./viewerpdf.html?file=../PDF/1.pdf

so myabe in your case you could try something similar?

file:/C:/temp/ViewerJS/index.html?file=file:/C:/temp/pdftest.pdf

@alwaysbusy Thank you for your response

I tried your syntax (file:/C:/temp/ViewerJS/index.html?file=file:/C:/temp/pdftest.pdf) against @Daestrum (file:/C:/temp/ViewerJS/index.html#file:/C:/temp/pdftest.pdf) but no luck so far.

 

[alwaysbusy]

Yeah, I'm manipulating the src attribute in the iframe manually instead of using the "load" method. But it was worth a try Good luck on your quest!

 

[Daestrum]

Have you tried it with a different pdf file ?

 

[Daestrum]

It seems that putting the webview in a pane and using these lines of code is the problem

webview2.PrefWidth=Pane2.width-25
webview2.PrefHeight=Pane2.height-25

They are returning the width and height of Pane2 as 0 (zero) therefore the webview is being resized to -25 x -25 so you cant see it.
(prefWidth and prefHeight also return 0)

I had to explicitly set the pane width and height when I added it to the rootpane (f1.rootpane.addnode(p1,0,0,600,600) before the webview was visible.

 

[amaxco]

It seems that putting the webview in a pane and using these lines of code is the problem

webview2.PrefWidth=Pane2.width-25
webview2.PrefHeight=Pane2.height-25

They are returning the width and height of Pane2 as 0 (zero) therefore the webview is being resized to -25 x -25 so you cant see it.
(prefWidth and prefHeight also return 0)

I had to explicitly set the pane width and height when I added it to the rootpane (f1.rootpane.addnode(p1,0,0,600,600) before the webview was visible.

Below is the log:

Waiting for debugger to connect...
Program started.
file:/C:/temp/ViewerJS/index.html
file:/C:/temp/pdftest.pdf
file:/C:/temp/ViewerJS/index.html#file:/C:/temp/pdftest.pdf
webview2 PrefWidth: 465
webview2 Prefheight : 400

 

[amaxco]

Is it possible to test opening a pdf directly in ViewerJS.html? If so, what will be the syntax?

 

[Daestrum]

if you have a pdf to try - then its
file:/C:/temp/ViewerJS/index.html#file:/where/your/pdf/file/is.pdf

 

[amaxco]

if you have a pdf to try - then its
file:/C:/temp/ViewerJS/index.html#file:/where/your/pdf/file/is.pdf

I found the problem! But, partly solved.

Strangely, the file to be uploaded, pasting the link directly, must be in the insie the ViewerJS folder. The webview is still behind!

It seems the problem is not the webview object but file path issue. Now I do not know how to fix that.

 

[amaxco]

@Daestrum I think the load method (engine.RunMethod("load",Array(s))) needs to be revisted

 

[Daestrum]

The load method is built into javafx webengine, so can't do anything to that.

If I paste the address file:/C:/temp/ViewerJS/index.html#file:/C:/temp/pdftest.pdf directly into my browser it works as expected.

The pdf can be anywhere on my pc, I don't need it to be in the viewerjs directory.

 

[amaxco]

The load method is built into javafx webengine, so can't do anything to that.

If I paste the address file:/C:/temp/ViewerJS/index.html#file:/C:/temp/pdftest.pdf directly into my browser it works as expected.

The pdf can be anywhere on my pc, I don't need it to be in the viewerjs directory.

It seems like I hit on a dead end road! I tried every thing in my capacity to fiddle with the code. Only a complete sample app can help.

Thanks to all who offered their help

 

[Daestrum]

This is the full code that I have been using. It has calling viewer directly and calling showpdffile(filename) to open a new window with a viewer in.

 

[amaxco]

This is the full code that I have been using. It has calling viewer directly and calling showpdffile(filename) to open a new window with a viewer in.

Thank you so much.

Unfortunately, the same situation exists. I must not doubt your code is function. Maybe I relax for some time and try again later.

Regards