viewing pdf files from within a java application

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how do you display a pdf file from within a java application. can a pdf file be displayed as one of the elements in a JPanel?

any help would be appreciated. thanks.
 
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Jeff Higgins

how do you display a pdf file from within a java application. can a pdf file be displayed as one of the elements in a JPanel?

any help would be appreciated. thanks.
Web search terms java+pdf+renderer.
 
R

Roedy Green

how do you display a pdf file from within a java application. can a pdf file be displayed as one of the elements in a JPanel?

any help would be appreciated. thanks.

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/pdf.html

There is at least one link to a PDF java library.

You can also exec any PDF viewer, but then it is independent of your
Java control.

You can even spawn a command processor and let it figure out what to
do with the .pdf extension.


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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is,
the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith (born: 1908-10-15 died: 2006-04-29 at age: 97)
 

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