Using the ICEbrowser PDF Pilot (Plugin)

Using the ICEbrowser PDF Pilot (Plugin)

ICEpdf can be used to extend the ICEbrowser's content rendering support to include PDF documents. The directory src\com\icesoft\pdf\ri\pilot contains the source code for the ICEbrowser PDF pilot. You may use the pilot viewer as-is or modify it as required. The default ICEbrowser pilot implementation is included in the ri_pdf.jar file, so you will need to add the ri_pdf.jar and the icepdf.jar file to your ICEbrowser application classpath to use the pilot with ICEbrowser.

For more information on how to use the ICEbrowser PDF Pilot with ICEbrowser, please see the PDF Pilot section in Chapter 6 of the ICEbrowser SDK Developer's Guide.

If you are using the ICEpdf v2.6 Pilot with an ICEbrowser version prior to v6.1.1, you will need to use a custom ICEbrowser storm file to configure the ICEpdf v2.6 pilot. ICEbrowser v6.1.0 and earlier versions were configured by default to use the ICEpdf v1.x pilot, which is incompatible with the ICEpdf v2.6 version. The PDF Pilot section in the ICEbrowser storm file must be updated as follows:
pilot: \
 
    name=PDF Pilot;\
 
    version=2.6;\
 
    author=ICEsoft;\
 
    description=ICEpdf PDF pilot;\
 
    classname=com.icesoft.pdf.ri.pilot.ThePilot;\
 
    content_types=application/pdf
 
To specify a custom storm file for ICEbrowser to use at runtime, use the ICEbrowser "ice.storm.storm" system property.

For more information, see MIME Types and the storm File in Chapter 6 of the ICEbrowser SDK Developer's Guide.