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Streaming PDF from servlet problem

Streaming PDF from servlet problem

2007-11-07 - By Ismael F

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Yes it looks strange!

But what type of content-type are you passing as a parameter?
"application/octet-stream", or "application/pdf"?

And what about the file name (downloadFileName)? Try something like "*******
.pdf"

Well I hope It can help.

Ismael.
> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:19:08 -0800> From: leboldusj@(protected)> To: itext
-questions@(protected)> Subject: [iText-questions] Streaming PDF from
servlet problem> > > Strange problem, I use the following method to stream a
pdf to a browser> > private void streamToDownload(HttpServletResponse response,
> ByteArrayOutputStream baos, String contentType,> String downloadFileName)
throws ServletException> {> try> {> ServletOutputStream servletOutputStream =>
response.getOutputStream();> byte[] bytes = baos.toByteArray();>
servletOutputStream.write(bytes, 0, bytes.length);> response.setContentType
(contentType);> response.setHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;> filename
=" + downloadFileName);> response.setContentLength(bytes.length);>
servletOutputStream.flush();> servletOutputStream.close();> }> catch
(IOException e)> {> throw new ServletException(e);> }> }> > > It works fine, the
user is prompted to save or open the file in the default> application.> >
However; this is the weird part, as soon as an image is added to the PDF, or>
another PDF is used as a background for the PDF created with iText, the pdf>
opens in the browser, not at all the behaviour I want.> > Is there something
about images or PDFs that "over rides" the content> dispostion? That doesn't
make sense, but if I had an explantion for this> behaviour I wouldn't be
posting here right?> > Thanks for any help> > -- > View this message in context
: http://www.nabble.com/Streaming-PDF-from-servlet-problem-tf4759225.html
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Yes it looks strange! 
  
But what type of content-type are you passing as a parameter? 
"application/octet-stream", or "application/pdf"? 
  
And what about the file name (downloadFileName)? Try
 something like "*******.pdf" 
  
Well I hope It can help. 
  
Ismael. 
 > Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:19:08 -0800 > From: leboldusj@(protected)
.com > To: itext-questions@(protected) > Subject: [iText
-questions] Streaming PDF from servlet problem > > > Strange
problem, I use the following method to stream a pdf to a browser > 
> private void streamToDownload(HttpServletResponse response, >
ByteArrayOutputStream baos, String contentType, > String downloadFileName
) throws ServletException > { > try > { >
ServletOutputStream servletOutputStream = > response.getOutputStream();
 > byte[] bytes = baos.toByteArray(); > servletOutputStream.write
(bytes, 0, bytes.length); > response.setContentType(contentType); >
response.setHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; > filename=" +
downloadFileName); > response.setContentLength(bytes.length); >
servletOutputStream.flush(); > servletOutputStream.close(); > } 
> catch (IOException e) > { > throw new ServletException(e); 
> } > } > > > It works fine, the user is prompted
to save or open the file in the default > application. > >
However; this is the weird part, as soon as an image is added to the PDF, or > another PDF is used as a background for the PDF created with iText, the
pdf > opens in the browser, not at all the behaviour I want. > 
> Is there something about images or PDFs that "over rides" the content 
> dispostion? That doesn't make sense, but if I had an explantion for this > behaviour I wouldn't be posting here right? > > Thanks for
any help > > -- > View this message in context: http://www
.nabble.com/Streaming-PDF-from-servlet-problem-tf4759225.html#a13610196 >
Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > 
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