How do I display a PDF in Adobe Flex?

Question

Looking for a way to display a PDF in Flex. I\'m sure there are several ways. Looking for the easiest to maintain / integrate / most user friendly. I\'m guessing it\'s possi

Answer 1

We just did a large AIR app that used PDF quite a bit - make sure you save yourself some heartache and write some code to check the acrobat version or that it's even installed - if they don't have it you won't get an error, just a blank HTML control.

I know, it sounds obvious, but still...

Answer 2

if AIR Application,

use HTMLLoader().

Answer 3

in Adobe Digital Edition, Adobe Load PDFs into flash (if you check the main file .exe you can see it), without any convert. therefore i think it is possible to do. i decompiled it and found lot of classes related to pdf but i can't run it after recompiled it :( if you solve this problem you should focus the Adobe Digital Edition product.

Answer 4

Oh sweet, this is an air app. I'll go with the HTML view. I can't convert them to SWF because the client will be uploading the files.

Answer 5

Sorry to say so, but convertion PDF to kind of swf of flash things... doesn't that kill the PDF thoughts ?

I mean, PDF should be electronic paper right ? When creating a SWF file out of it, you just destroy that. No more editing, no more filling out a form.

The strange thing is, that PDF is an Adobe product... and Flex (Flash Builder) is a Adobe product.

Two products that Adobe wants to be world dominator off. But combining PDF into Flex... is not standard.

Answer 6

This looks like a nice PDF viewer for flex http://www.devaldi.com/?p=212