Opening PDF in JFrame

Question

I am making a PDF reader using java and I want to open the PDF file in my own application's JFrame so that I can make my own features. Is there a way to do that? I am using "iText","pdfBox", and "ICEpdf" to manipulate the PDF document.

For PDFBox, get the source code and look at PDFReader.java and PDFPagePanel.java. But I'd say your question is rather broad and is likely to be flagged. — Tilman Hausherr, Apr 07 '15 at 09:24
You can use method `convertToImage` of class `PDPage`, and then show the image on JFrame. — cshu, Apr 09 '15 at 03:49

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 18 '15 at 09:27

  public static void pdfViewerICE() {
        String filePath = "PDF_URL";
        // build a controller
        controller = new SwingController();

        // Build a SwingViewFactory configured with the controller
        SwingViewBuilder factory = new SwingViewBuilder(controller);
           PropertiesManager properties = new PropertiesManager(
                System.getProperties(),
                 ResourceBundle.getBundle(PropertiesManager.DEFAULT_MESSAGE_BUNDLE));

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

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

        controller.openDocument(filePath);
      }

The above code opens PDF using ICEPDF via your java program. Note: Include ICEPDF jar (icepdf-viewer.jar,icepdf-core.jar ) in your classpath http://www.icesoft.org/java/downloads/icepdf-downloads.jsf

Hey, can you tell me how can I open remote pdfs using this. When I put the URL to the file, I get the message that icepdf couldn't open the file because it has been corrupted of have incorrect file format even though the pdf was fine. — Vipul Tyagi, Apr 25 '20 at 05:29

Opening PDF in JFrame

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