AddImage in AlivePDF
I have created the PDF using AlivePDF...works great. I want to add an image to the PDF. I am getting the error "ArgumentError: Error #2015: Invalid BitmapData."
This is my code:
package GUI
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.net.FileReference;
import flash.utils.ByteArray;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import org.alivepdf.fonts.CoreFont;
import org.alivepdf.fonts.FontFamily;
import org.alivepdf.fonts.IFont;
import org.alivepdf.layout.Orientation;
import org.alivepdf.layout.Size;
import org.alivepdf.layout.Unit;
import org.alivepdf.pdf.PDF;
import org.alivepdf.saving.Download;
import org.alivepdf.saving.Method;
import org.alivepdf.images.*;
public class CreatePDF extends Sprite
private var _pdfByteArray:ByteArray;
public function CreatePDF():void
// constructor code
public function onCreatePDF():void
var pdf:PDF = new PDF(Orientation.PORTRAIT,Unit.MM,Size.LETTER);
var helvetica:IFont = new CoreFont(FontFamily.HELVETICA);
var timesbold:IFont = new CoreFont(FontFamily.TIMES_BOLD);
var loader:Loader=new Loader();
addChild(loader);
loader.load(new URLRequest("header_whiteBG.png"));
pdf.addPage();
pdf.setFont(timesbold, 24);
pdf.addText("Memorial Healthcare System",55,12);
pdf.addImage(loader,null,10,100,600,70,0,1,true,"PNG",100,"Normal",null);
pdf.setFont(timesbold, 16);
pdf.addText("This is my Pagre Title",40,20);
pdf.addText("This is my Sub-Header",70,25);
pdf.newLine(20);
_pdfByteArray = pdf.save(Method.LOCAL,null,Download.ATTACHMENT);
new FileReference().save(_pdfByteArray, "Test.pdf");
Any help will be most appreciated.
I am so sorry to ask again but I have been trying to this. I understand what you are trying to do but I am still getting this error:
C:\CreatePDF.as, Line 76 1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type flash.display:BitmapData to an unrelated type flash.display:DisplayObject.
I did tweak the code you gave me a little and here it is:
package GUI
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.net.FileReference;
import flash.utils.ByteArray;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.Event;
import org.alivepdf.fonts.CoreFont;
import org.alivepdf.fonts.FontFamily;
import org.alivepdf.fonts.IFont;
import org.alivepdf.layout.Orientation;
import org.alivepdf.layout.Size;
import org.alivepdf.layout.Unit;
import org.alivepdf.pdf.PDF;
import org.alivepdf.saving.Download;
import org.alivepdf.saving.Method;
import org.alivepdf.images.*;
public class CreatePDF extends Sprite
private var _pdfByteArray:ByteArray;
public function CreatePDF():void
// constructor code
public function onCreatePDF():void
var loader:Loader=new Loader();
addChild(loader);
loader.load(new URLRequest("header_whiteBG.png"));
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,f);
function f(e:Event):void
var pdf:PDF = new PDF(Orientation.PORTRAIT,Unit.MM,Size.LETTER);
var helvetica:IFont = new CoreFont(FontFamily.HELVETICA);
var timesbold:IFont = new CoreFont(FontFamily.TIMES_BOLD);
pdf.addPage();
pdf.setFont(timesbold, 24);
pdf.addText("This is my Page Header Text",55,12);
******** pdf.addImage(Bitmap(e.target.loader).bitmapData,null,10,100,600,70,0,1,true,"PNG",100,"No rmal",null);******
pdf.setFont(timesbold, 16);
pdf.addText("This is my Page Title",40,20);
pdf.addText("This is my Sub-Header",70,25);
pdf.newLine(20);
_pdfByteArray = pdf.save(Method.LOCAL,null,Download.ATTACHMENT);
new FileReference().save(_pdfByteArray, "Test.pdf");
I have marked the line where I am getting the error *****. I was concerned with the variable "loader" on that line as it is being marked by Flash as a key word. I did try changing the var name but still got the same error.
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import org.alivepdf.layout.Size;
import org.alivepdf.layout.Unit;
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[Embed(source="assets/Insuricorp-Logo.jpg", mimeType="application/octet-stream" )]
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claimPDF.addText("Date: " + this.date.text,10,50);
claimPDF.addTextNote(48,45,100,2,"Claim Filed on: " + this.date.text + " today's date: " + new Date());
claimPDF.addText("Policy #: " + this.policyNum.text,10,60);
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<mx:FormItem label="Date:">
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600">
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<![CDATA[
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import org.alivepdf.layout.Size;
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claimPDF.addText("Contact #: " + this.contact.text,10,70);
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// click anywhere
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import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
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document.open();
document.add(new Paragraph("Hello World!"));
document.close();
new FileReference().save(bytes); -
I trying to understand an issue I am having with a Flex
builder 2 application and AlivePDF over https. I first programmed
the application on a non-ssl connection and everything works just
great. I then moved to migrate the application to a https
environment and ran into some minor crossdomain.xml security issue
but was able to resolve all but one problem: I am using AlivePDF to
create a dynamic sign which creates a bytestream and passes it
along to a php script that send it back as a pdf file. See attached
script. I have yet to be able to tie this to flex security issue
but do not want to rule anything out until I find a resolution. I
need the expertise of this forum to help me out because at best I
am a moderately skilled flex programmer and hope I can come to a
speedy resolution. Thanks for any assistance.Hi,
Thank you for posting.
In order to resolve the isuse, please add
https://printables.hpconnected.com
to the trusted sites in Internet explorer.
To do so, please click on the Gear icon in the top right hand cornere of the internet explorer and click on Internet Options. In eth internet Options window, please click on Security and then click on Trusted sites and click on sites and add
https://printables.hpconnected.com and click on Ok. then delete the temporary internet files and cookies and thy to access.
Say "Thanks" by clicking the Kudos Star in the post that helped you.
Please mark the post that solves your problem as "Accepted Solution"
(Although I am employed by HP, I am speaking for myself and not for HP) -
Why AlivePDF generate double header?
I'm trying to generate a simple table with alivePDF. This is my code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
xmlns:mh="mh.components.*"
layout="absolute" width="500" height="500">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
import org.alivepdf.colors.RGBColor;
import org.alivepdf.display.Display;
import org.alivepdf.drawing.Caps;
import org.alivepdf.fonts.FontFamily;
import org.alivepdf.fonts.Style;
import org.alivepdf.grid.Grid;
import org.alivepdf.images.ImageFormat;
import org.alivepdf.layout.Orientation;
import org.alivepdf.layout.Resize;
import org.alivepdf.layout.Size;
import org.alivepdf.layout.Unit;
import org.alivepdf.pages.Page;
import org.alivepdf.pdf.PDF;
import org.alivepdf.saving.Method;
import org.alivepdf.visibility.Visibility;
import org.alivepdf.grid.*;
import mx.utils.ObjectUtil;
private var myPDF:PDF;
protected function savePDF(e:MouseEvent):void
var myPDF:PDF = new PDF ( Orientation.PORTRAIT, Unit.MM);
myPDF.setDisplayMode(Display.FULL_PAGE);
myPDF.addPage();
var dp:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection();
dp.addItem( { firstName : "Bob", lastName : "Groove", city : "Paris" } );
dp.addItem( { firstName : "Bob", lastName : "Wise", city : "Paris" } );
dp.addItem( { firstName : "Bob", lastName : "Wise", city : "Paris" } );
dp.addItem( { firstName : "Bob", lastName : "Wise", city : "Paris" } );
myPDF.textStyle ( new RGBColor ( 0x0EEFF0 ) );
trace(ObjectUtil.toString(dp));
var grid:Grid = new Grid ( dp.toArray(), 200, 100, new RGBColor (0x000000),null,false,null,null,0,12,6,"0j");
myPDF.addGrid( grid, 5, 5);
myPDF.save( Method.REMOTE, "coldfusion/pdf.cfm", "inline", "test.pdf" );
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%">
<mx:HBox width="100%" backgroundColor="#FFFFFF">
<mx:Spacer width="100%"/>
<mx:Button horizontalCenter="0" label="SavePDF" height="22" click="savePDF(event)" id="savePDFBtn" toolTip="SAVE TO PDF"/>
</mx:HBox>
</mx:VBox>
</mx:Application>
The problem is that this generate a double header and I don't know why. You can see a live example here: http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://prestitiinpdap.biz/pdf/myPDF.pdf
Could you help me solve this error?
ThanksMany thanks, but the support seems discontinued also in the forum.
I got an answers on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14799768/why-alivepdf-generate-double-table-header -
Does anyone here have experience with AlivePDF? Has anyone gotten it to work? It seems like the default answer for getting PDF generation in Flex is to use AlivePDF but their web site mostly has examples using AIR.
I am using AlivePDF 0.1.4.9. in Flex (tried SDK 3.0 and 3.3) when I generate the pdf, a new browser window pops up and…nothing happens. I
tried it with create.php, create.java, and looked into saving it with Flash Player 10 (but couldn't find any real documentation on how to make that work). I
just get a blank new browser window. No error message, no anything.
I added the swc file to my library path, used the tutorial sample code…and still nothing happens:
myPDF = new PDF();
var page:Page = new Page ( Orientation.PORTRAIT, Unit.MM, Size.A4 );
myPDF.addPage(page);
myPDF.lineStyle(new RGBColor(0×990000), 1,1,1);
myPDF.drawCircle(20,20,20);
var path:String = getBaseURL() + "/terracotta/create.php";
myPDF.save(Method.REMOTE, path, Download.INLINE, "viewChart.pdf");Actually, I'm a Java/Flex guy myself
The only reason I mentioned the php is because it seemed to be the default "out of the box" approach for AlivePDF. I also tried their create.java method which gave me the following error:
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: The supplied offset + length did not fit into the supplied byte[] (offset + length = 1018 + 1018 = 2036 vs byte[].length = 1018)
In case you don't have he create.java, here are the relevant methods:
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
throws ServletException, IOException {
doGet(req, resp);
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
throws ServletException, IOException {
int i = 0;
int k = 0;
int maxLength = req.getContentLength();
byte[] bytes = new byte[maxLength];
String method = req.getParameter("method");
String name = req.getParameter("name");
ServletInputStream si = req.getInputStream();
while (true) {
k = si.read(bytes, i, maxLength);
i += k;
if (k == -1){
break;
if (bytes != null) {
ServletOutputStream stream = resp.getOutputStream();
resp.setContentType("application/pdf");
resp.setContentLength(bytes.length);
// resp.setHeader("Content-Disposition",method + ";filename=" + name);
stream.write(bytes);
stream.flush();
stream.close();
} else {
resp.setContentType("text");
resp.getWriter().write("bytes is null"); -
Hi, I'm somewhat new to AS3 and programming. I'm trying to use the AlivePDF library to export text from a text editor created in AS3 into a PDF. Can anyone link me to documentation or a tutorial that can help teach me how to integrate it into a normal AS3 file? I have no idea how to use the library and the only documentation I've seen for it is how to use it in Flex/Air, which is not what I'm looking for.
Thanks!Last year, I did a project that used AlivePDF. I found that there wasn't as much tutorial content on the Web as I would have liked. For folks that are new(er) to AS3 - it is lacking enough in Flash tutorials to make it "kinda out of reach" without struggling. Even for myself, I wished there were more simple, but extensive, examples to cull from.
Like you, I kept getting search hits showing me a small handful of Flex apps that used it, but I was able to sift through a few things, including the website that provides the API for us. So this is most likely not going to get you what you want - it was a little bit of a slow start for me, and I just had to "grow" from the small examples I found on the main website, and look at the API documentation...and then put in the time to try my own simple tests.So, I can really only suggest that you start small, understand the basics of AlivePDF, and work from what you have success with.
You've probably been here, but most of what I learned came from the various pages of th main AlivePDF website:
http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/
The link to the API documentation:
http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/alivepdf-asdoc/
there's a Google Wiki, with other API notes:
http://code.google.com/p/alivepdf/wiki/APINotes -
I have downloaded it and I dont see SWF file. Do I need to compile it myself? How do I load it into FB 4.5?
ThanksHi,
I'm not familiar with AlivePDF specifically, but it looks like the ZIP files provided on their download page are Flash Builder projects of a sort. You can expand the ZIP file and then import the project through File | Import... | Existing Projects into Workspace
The project organization is a little different from the current project format, though; you should probably direct questions to the AlivePDF forum at http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/?page_id=12 .
HTH,
-- Tom Kraikit
Flex SDK engineer -
AlivePDF with Flex+tomcat+BlazeDS
If you used alivePDF in the same comfiguration, please help
me!
There is create.java file that comes with AlivePDF that I
think I have to use in my case. But where do I place it so I can
call it from Flex app as a parameter for save() method?If you used alivePDF in the same comfiguration, please help
me!
There is create.java file that comes with AlivePDF that I
think I have to use in my case. But where do I place it so I can
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