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Thread: How to create my own pdf viewer (like adobe reader) using java?

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    Default How to create my own pdf viewer (like adobe reader) using java?

    Hello everybody.
    I want to develop my own pdf viewer using java and I want to open a pdf file in my viewer.
    Can I use Frames or something like that to develop my own pdf viewer and can i read my pdf file in that? Or Is there any external api for this?

    Please help me...

    Regards,
    Raju A


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    Default Re: How to create my own pdf viewer (like adobe reader) using java?

    See the apache project or do a google.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: How to create my own pdf viewer (like adobe reader) using java?

    There are some open source out there: iTextPDF, JPedal... I created such a program using JPedal and it runs very well. If you are interesting, please PM me.

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    Default Re: How to create my own pdf viewer (like adobe reader) using java?

    Try this ***Link Removed*** , its a cloud API where you don't have to do the coding yourself this API will do that for you.
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