Display a PDF file using Java Web Development.

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I've created a program that upload PDF files from a server.
I save the uploaded file to

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getServletContext().getRealPath("/")+ "UploadedFiles\\";

Also I created a File Viewer to display the names of all uploaded files..
Now all I have to do is display the PDF file to browser.
My problem is the when I get the

Java

getServletContext().getRealPath("/")+ "UploadedFiles\\";

this is the value

D:\Java\Java Web Projects\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp0\wtpwebapps\PDFviewer\UploadedFiles\version.pdf

The path is not in my project location. Well I'm hoping I can do this to diplay the file
http://localhost:8080/PDFviewer/UploadedFiles/version.pdf

Can anybody give me an idea of displaying a PDF file?

My project location is
D:\Java\Java Web Projects\PDFviewer

REVISION:

Is there a way to get the Project Path
D:\Java\Java Web Projects\PDFviewer\WebContent\UploadedFiles\ instead of this

Java

getServletContext().getRealPath("/")+ "UploadedFiles\\";

D:\Java\Java Web Projects\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp0\wtpwebapps\PDFviewer\UploadedFiles\version.pdf

NOTE:
I can't do this C:\sample.pdf because I'm also running my web site to a client side computer, not in the server...

Posted 14-May-12 4:54am

hansoctantan

Updated 14-May-12 22:15pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2012-05-14T11:41:00

Solution 1

You can use the Adobe JavaBean developed for this purpose. Please see the code sample here:
http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=java&seqNum=377[^].

—SA

Posted 14-May-12 11:41am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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hansoctantan 15-May-12 7:24am

Sorry but I think I can't use this code because I'm using a Web based Application...

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-May-12 16:52pm

I cannot get it: why cannot you use it. This is a JavaBean...
--SA

Pandvi · Answer 2 · 2012-05-14T17:44:00

Solution 2

Have a check on http://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-open-a-pdf-file-in-java/[^]
Or http://www.ehow.com/how_6103419_open-pdf-file-javascript.html[^]

Posted 14-May-12 17:44pm

Pandvi

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hansoctantan 15-May-12 7:22am

I have try the http://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-open-a-pdf-file-in-java/
but it only opens the pdf using the Adobe Reader.. All I want to do is open the pdf file within the browser...

hansoctantan 15-May-12 7:23am

Also http://www.ehow.com/how_6103419_open-pdf-file-javascript.html this but it wont work...

hansoctantan · Answer 3 · 2012-05-21T05:13:00

Solution 3

I just posted a message http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4252911/Re-Get-the-project-path-using-Java.aspx[^] in Web Developer discussion.

The problem is not the code. You can see the answer in above link

Posted 21-May-12 5:13am

hansoctantan