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Uploading PDFs and viewing them (1 viewing) (1) Guest
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TOPIC: Uploading PDFs and viewing them
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lornat (User)
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Uploading PDFs and viewing them 8 Months, 2 Weeks ago
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Hi,
I have a need to upload and allow users to view existing PDFs. I had a look at the documentation and it looks like I might be able to do something with the JDocumentPDF class however I dont know how to use it. If anyone has any code snippets they could share using this or anything else please let me know,. Also I beleive I would have to upload the PDF file first but I am not sure. I woudl also need to store the PDF in the database or at least a reference to it.
Thx.
Lorna
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Re:Uploading PDFs and viewing them 8 Months ago
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Hi Lorna,
JDocumentPDF is really used to create PDFs more than it is to manage ones that get uploaded. You should just be able to code your component to accept file uploads and treat the links to the PDFs like you would any other uploaded file.
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lornat (User)
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Re:Uploading PDFs and viewing them 8 Months ago
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Hi,
Thanks for the tip but I dont know how to do this. Once the file is uploaded and a reference to it is in my custom table, I have a list of these documents for the user to choose from (that part is done). I want the user to be able to click on the document name and load Adobe Acrobat with the file. I dont know how to launch the adobe reader with the file. Can you send me a snippet of code, is this just a redirect and if so can you send me a sample.
Thx.
Lorna
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Re:Uploading PDFs and viewing them 8 Months ago
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Are you saying that the part you don't have is...
a) where files get uploaded and saved
b) where people can get links to download them
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lornat (User)
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Re:Uploading PDFs and viewing them 8 Months ago
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b) what code do I write to download the pdf and open it with the Adobe Reader. Is this simply a redirect? Please send a sample.
Thx.
L
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lornat (User)
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Re:Uploading PDFs and viewing them 8 Months ago
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Hi,
Never mind. I guess I was making more work for myself. It is simply a link or redirect.
Thx.
L
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