Display PDF from BAPI in Webdynpro

Question

Hi all,
I have a BAPI that returns a PDF file as a TLINE table, and I need to display the result in a Java Webdynpro, do you guys know how I can do that? Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Hello SAPer
The TLINE table is not basically a PDF file but an OTF file. I suggest you to call one more BAPI 'Convert_OTF' that takes this TLINE table as input and returns a pdf_file.
Then in JAVA Web Dynpro, use the following code in your action handler after calling the respective RFC :-
byte[] pdfContent;
String pdfFileName = null;
pdfContent = wdContext.current<Bapi_name_OutputElement>().getE_Pdf_File();
pdfFileName = "<name>"
IWDCachedWebResource pdfResource= WDWebResource.getWebResource(pdfContent,WDWebResourceType.PDF);                                         
try
wdComponentAPI.getWindowManager().createExternalWindow(pdfResource.getURL(),pdfFileName,true).open();
} catch (WDURLException e)
msgMgr.reportException(e.getMessage(),false);
I hope this helps you.
Regards
Kapil.