PDF importing to Flex

Hi Guys,
First post!
I've started building in Flash Bulder 4.5.1, and was looking to create a sort of PDF reader application, which is to say I want to embed a couple of PDFs into the application, and then have some sort of animation as you flick through the pages rather than using like an iFrame. I was wondering if there was a way to do this in Flex or whether I need to convert the PDF to an image format (or another format) to do it (Tried quickly PNG's which don't look great on a phone).
Any help or advice appreciated,
Thanks guys,
Charles

Hi,
If you feel like it, you can study the PDF format specification:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html
Then you can load a PDF file as a ByteArray in your application and do whatever you want with it, knowing the format: rendering it, searching it, editing it...

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