Comments on: Going beyond CFPDF with iText http://www.tntechnohermit.com/2009/11/19/going-beyond-cfpdf-with-itext/ Random Thoughts of a Techno-Hermit Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:07:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leigh http://www.tntechnohermit.com/2009/11/19/going-beyond-cfpdf-with-itext/comment-page-1/#comment-567 Leigh Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:34:56 +0000 http://dan.skaggsfamily.ws/?p=323#comment-567 Good entry. The full iText jars have all sorts of useful utilities. Too bad they are not included in the base jars that ship with CF ... but JavaLoader to the rescue ;) Good entry. The full iText jars have all sorts of useful utilities. Too bad they are not included in the base jars that ship with CF … but JavaLoader to the rescue ;)

]]> By: Dan Skaggs http://www.tntechnohermit.com/2009/11/19/going-beyond-cfpdf-with-itext/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Dan Skaggs Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:11:07 +0000 http://dan.skaggsfamily.ws/?p=323#comment-529 @Sam, I ran a quick test using action="extractimage" on the PDF and it didn't result in any files being created (only an empty directory named 'images'). I hadn't played with that feature in CF9 so I had to do some reading. In looking over <a href="http://www.terrenceryan.com/blog/post.cfm/coldfusion-9-pdf-enhancements" rel="nofollow">this post</a> by Terry Ryan, it appears as though the extractimage action is designed for <em>embedded</em> images rather than <em>attached</em> images. My example just happened to have a PNG attached for testing but the end goal for my client in this case was to extract PDF files from the fillable form. The iText method works equally well with any sort of file attachment--both at the page level as well as the document level. @Sam, I ran a quick test using action=”extractimage” on the PDF and it didn’t result in any files being created (only an empty directory named ‘images’).

I hadn’t played with that feature in CF9 so I had to do some reading. In looking over this post by Terry Ryan, it appears as though the extractimage action is designed for embedded images rather than attached images. My example just happened to have a PNG attached for testing but the end goal for my client in this case was to extract PDF files from the fillable form. The iText method works equally well with any sort of file attachment–both at the page level as well as the document level.

]]> By: Sam Farmer http://www.tntechnohermit.com/2009/11/19/going-beyond-cfpdf-with-itext/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Sam Farmer Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:59:15 +0000 http://dan.skaggsfamily.ws/?p=323#comment-526 Very cool. Out of interest what attachments does this return that the <cfpdf action = "extractimage" in CF9 does not? Very cool.

Out of interest what attachments does this return that the <cfpdf action = "extractimage" in CF9 does not?

]]> By: PaulH http://www.tntechnohermit.com/2009/11/19/going-beyond-cfpdf-with-itext/comment-page-1/#comment-525 PaulH Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:23:58 +0000 http://dan.skaggsfamily.ws/?p=323#comment-525 if you're going to use iText, do yourself a favor & get bruno's book: http://www.manning.com/lowagie/ worth every penny. if you’re going to use iText, do yourself a favor & get bruno’s book:

http://www.manning.com/lowagie/

worth every penny.

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