Controlling PDF file through the Web

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KENNETH LAM - 19 Mar 2008 01:37 GMT

Dear all,

I am new in java. I would like to write a servlet to allow first user
controlling the PDF file movement after the second user read the same PDF on
the web (for example: control next page/pervious page). Because I am no idea
to do that. Or which library can I use? Please advice. Thanks a lot.

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Roedy Green - 19 Mar 2008 05:18 GMT

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:37:29 +0800, "KENNETH LAM"
<kennethlam33@hotmail.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
who said :

>I am new in java. I would like to write a servlet to allow first user
>controlling the PDF file movement after the second user read the same PDF on
>the web (for example: control next page/pervious page). Because I am no idea
>to do that. Or which library can I use? Please advice. Thanks a lot.

That sounds pretty tricky. For the possible tools see
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/pdf.html

You might find it easier to simply use Adobe Acrobat at the client and
download them a file.

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Sabine Dinis Blochberger - 19 Mar 2008 10:44 GMT

> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:37:29 +0800, "KENNETH LAM"
> <kennethlam33@hotmail.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> You might find it easier to simply use Adobe Acrobat at the client and
> download them a file.

They will have to do this anyway if they use a browser different from
IE, or a reader different from Adobes.

Google has a facility to view PDFs as HTML, so you might try doing
something similar - convert the PDF page by page to HTML with links
forwards/backwards.

As for how to convert, I can't help you there, sorry. Search engines are
your friends.

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