Plex 2E

The code below opens a PDF document in a Jpanel. I have managed to create it as a source code object and calling it opens up a new Jpanel window.

Is there a way to add this to a plex panel so that I can add additional functionality using plex, for example data fields.

I would assume I would need to modify the code around the JFrame() part to reference a Plex Panel or Control on a plex panel?

import org.icepdf.ri.common.SwingController;
import org.icepdf.ri.common.SwingViewBuilder;
import org.icepdf.ri.util.PropertiesManager;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;

{
        // Get a file from the command line to open
        String filePath = "C:/PDFLocal/Gen/Bld/CA Plex 71.pdf";

        // build a component controller
        SwingController controller = new SwingController();
        controller.setIsEmbeddedComponent(true);

        PropertiesManager properties = new PropertiesManager(
                System.getProperties(),
                ResourceBundle.getBundle(PropertiesManager.DEFAULT_MESSAGE_BUNDLE));

        properties.set(PropertiesManager.PROPERTY_DEFAULT_ZOOM_LEVEL, "1.75");

        SwingViewBuilder factory = new SwingViewBuilder(controller, properties);

        // add interactive mouse link annotation support via callback
        controller.getDocumentViewController().setAnnotationCallback(
                new org.icepdf.ri.common.MyAnnotationCallback(controller.getDocumentViewController()));

        JPanel viewerComponentPanel = factory.buildViewerPanel();
        JFrame applicationFrame = new JFrame();
      

        applicationFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        applicationFrame.getContentPane().add(viewerComponentPanel);
        // Now that the GUI is all in place, we can try openning a PDF
        controller.openDocument(filePath);
        // show the component
        applicationFrame.pack();
        applicationFrame.setVisible(true);
    }

Anybody able to offer help to Gavin?

Gavin Beangstrom wrote:

 

The code below opens a PDF document in a Jpanel. I have managed to create it as a source code object and calling it opens up a new Jpanel window.

 

Is there a way to add this to a plex panel so that I can add additional functionality using plex, for example data fields.

 

I would assume I would need to modify the code around the JFrame() part to reference a Plex Panel or Control on a plex panel?

 

 

import org.icepdf.ri.common.SwingController;
import org.icepdf.ri.common.SwingViewBuilder;
import org.icepdf.ri.util.PropertiesManager;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;

{
        // Get a file from the command line to open
        String filePath = "C:/PDFLocal/Gen/Bld/CA Plex 71.pdf";

        // build a component controller
        SwingController controller = new SwingController();
        controller.setIsEmbeddedComponent(true);

        PropertiesManager properties = new PropertiesManager(
                System.getProperties(),
                ResourceBundle.getBundle(PropertiesManager.DEFAULT_MESSAGE_BUNDLE));

        properties.set(PropertiesManager.PROPERTY_DEFAULT_ZOOM_LEVEL, "1.75");

        SwingViewBuilder factory = new SwingViewBuilder(controller, properties);

        // add interactive mouse link annotation support via callback
        controller.getDocumentViewController().setAnnotationCallback(
                new org.icepdf.ri.common.MyAnnotationCallback(controller.getDocumentViewController()));

        JPanel viewerComponentPanel = factory.buildViewerPanel();
        JFrame applicationFrame = new JFrame();
     

        applicationFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        applicationFrame.getContentPane().add(viewerComponentPanel);
        // Now that the GUI is all in place, we can try openning a PDF
        controller.openDocument(filePath);
        // show the component
        applicationFrame.pack();
        applicationFrame.setVisible(true);
    }

As an alternative, does any one have details on creating a PDF viewer contained in Plex Java panel. I have just used ICE PDF as I managed to call it from plex, but not in a plex panel.

After spending some time on everything J, JFrame, JPanel, JText, JButton, etc and a bit more time understanding the ObUserAPI.getComponentFromName and inspecting a number of components I have solved this, so here is how to add components (non Java Bean) at run time to a plex panel.

My problem was to take a PDF viewer, in this case icePDF and embed it in plex. You can do similar things as well like adding Buttons, Fieilds, Labels, etc as well.

1) On a plex panel create a new region, and change the region Type to "Site". It turns out that this then implemented as a JPanel.

2) Set the Control Name property of the region to a value, eg "PDFView"

3) Create a source code object with a parameter of  "ActiveXControl"

4) in the source code  insert the following code.

import java.awt.* ;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

import org.icepdf.ri.common.SwingController;
import org.icepdf.ri.common.SwingViewBuilder;
import org.icepdf.ri.util.PropertiesManager;

String filePath = "C:/PDFDocs/Sample.pdf";

// build a controller
SwingController controller = new SwingController();

// Build a SwingViewFactory configured with the controller
SwingViewBuilder factory = new SwingViewBuilder(controller);

// Use the factory to build a JPanel that is pre-configured
//with a complete, active Viewer UI.
JPanel viewerComponentPanel = factory.buildViewerPanel();

// add copy keyboard command
//ComponentKeyBinding.install(controller, viewerComponentPanel);

// add interactive mouse link annotation support via callback
controller.getDocumentViewController().setAnnotationCallback(
      new org.icepdf.ri.common.MyAnnotationCallback(
             controller.getDocumentViewController()));

// Create a JFrame to display the panel in
//JFrame window = new JFrame("Using the Viewer Component");
JPanel window = (JPanel) ObUserAPI.getComponentFromName(getFunction(), new ObCharFld("*Current"), &(1:).toString());
window.add(viewerComponentPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

// Open a PDF document to view
controller.openDocument(filePath);

4) The important lines are those marked in bold

5) In the initialisation of your function, call the source Code object passing on the control name parameter, eg PDFView

You now have a PDF Viewer integrated to a Plex Panel

You make me want to start playing with java client again.

You deserve this:

Thanks George, so do you have a Mr Gold you willing to give me?