Viewing PDF in Browser.

Question

Hi,
I'm in a bit of a hurdle here. I have a PDF file on the server which I want to display in the browser immediately after the user enters the page.
When the I go to the page I get the following error: "Acrobat could not open '_home_appsamba_kkristoff_KKR_TEST_2010-09-01[2].pdf' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged. ...".
If I copy the pdf file from the server and opens it on my own machine it works fine. o_O
Some facts:
JDeveloper 9i RUP7
XML Publisher 6.5.3
APPS 11.5.10 CU2
OS: Linux
File path on linux: /home/appsamba/kkristoff
I hope someone can assist me.
Thank you in advance.
Kenneth
The code:
package bksv.oracle.apps.bkfnd.bkrepgw.webui;
import oracle.apps.fnd.common.VersionInfo;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAControllerImpl;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAPageContext;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.OAWebBean;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAApplicationModule;
import oracle.apps.fnd.common.AppsContext;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.server.OADBTransactionImpl;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import oracle.cabo.ui.data.DataObject;
* Controller for ...
public class ReportGenerationCO extends OAControllerImpl
  public static final String RCS_ID="$Header: ReportGenerationCO.java 115.1.1 2010/08/31 13:22:00 kkristoff $";
  public static final boolean RCS_ID_RECORDED =
        VersionInfo.recordClassVersion(RCS_ID, "%packagename%");
   * Layout and page setup logic for a region.
   * @param pageContext the current OA page context
   * @param webBean the web bean corresponding to the region
  public void processRequest(OAPageContext pageContext, OAWebBean webBean)
    super.processRequest(pageContext, webBean);
    DataObject sessionDictionary = (DataObject)pageContext.getNamedDataObject("_SessionParameters");
    HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse)sessionDictionary.selectValue(null,"HttpServletResponse");
    //Get application context
    OAApplicationModule am = pageContext.getApplicationModule(webBean);
    AppsContext appsContext = ((OADBTransactionImpl)am.getOADBTransaction()).getAppsContext();
        //Initilization//   
    try {
      InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream("/home/appsamba/kkristoff/KKR_TEST_2010-09-01.pdf");
      String sByteArray = inputStream.toString();     
      byte[] outputBytes = sByteArray.getBytes();
      String contentDisposition = "attachment;filename=/home/appsamba/kkristoff/KKR_TEST_2010-09-01.pdf";
      response.setHeader("Content-Disposition",contentDisposition);
      response.setContentType("application/pdf");
      response.setContentLength(outputBytes.length);
      response.getOutputStream().write(outputBytes, 0, outputBytes.length);
      response.getOutputStream().flush();
      response.getOutputStream().close();
     } catch (Exception e)
        //throw new OAException("An Error has occured master: " + e.getStackTrace().toString(), OAException.ERROR);
   * Procedure to handle form submissions for form elements in
   * a region.
   * @param pageContext the current OA page context
   * @param webBean the web bean corresponding to the region
  public void processFormRequest(OAPageContext pageContext, OAWebBean webBean)
    super.processFormRequest(pageContext, webBean);
}

Answer 1

Hi,
Thank you for that reply. It turned out that it WAS the conversion to bytes.
The following code works:
package bksv.oracle.apps.bkfnd.bkrepgw.webui;
import oracle.apps.fnd.common.VersionInfo;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAControllerImpl;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAPageContext;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.OAWebBean;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAApplicationModule;
import oracle.apps.fnd.common.AppsContext;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.server.OADBTransactionImpl;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import oracle.cabo.ui.data.DataObject;
*bold*import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;*bold*
* Controller for ...
public class ReportGenerationCO extends OAControllerImpl
  public static final String RCS_ID="$Header: ReportGenerationCO.java 115.1.1 2010/08/31 13:22:00 kkristoff $";
  public static final boolean RCS_ID_RECORDED =
        VersionInfo.recordClassVersion(RCS_ID, "%packagename%");
   * Layout and page setup logic for a region.
   * @param pageContext the current OA page context
   * @param webBean the web bean corresponding to the region
  public void processRequest(OAPageContext pageContext, OAWebBean webBean)
    super.processRequest(pageContext, webBean);
    DataObject sessionDictionary = (DataObject)pageContext.getNamedDataObject("_SessionParameters");
    HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse)sessionDictionary.selectValue(null,"HttpServletResponse");
    //Get application context
    OAApplicationModule am = pageContext.getApplicationModule(webBean);
    AppsContext appsContext = ((OADBTransactionImpl)am.getOADBTransaction()).getAppsContext();
        //Initilization//   
    try {
      InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream("/home/appsamba/kkristoff/KKR_TEST_2010-09-01.pdf");
      *bold*ByteArrayOutputStream localOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();*bold*
      *bold*int localByte = 0;*bold*
      *bold*while((localByte = inputStream.read()) != -1) {*bold*
          *bold*localOutputStream.write((char)localByte);*bold*
      *bold*}*bold*
      *bold*byte[] localByteArray;*bold*
      --strike--String sByteArray = inputStream.toString();--strike--     
      --strike--byte[] outputBytes = sByteArray.getBytes();--strike--
      String contentDisposition = "attachment;filename=/home/appsamba/kkristoff/KKR_TEST_2010-09-01.pdf";
      response.setHeader("Content-Disposition",contentDisposition);
      response.setContentType("application/pdf");
      --strike--response.setContentLength(outputBytes.length);--strike--
      *bold*response.setContentLength(localByteArray.length);*bold*
      --strike--response.getOutputStream().write(outputBytes, 0, outputBytes.length);--strike--
      *bold*response.getOutputStream().write(localByteArray, 0, localByteArray.length);*bold*
      response.getOutputStream().flush();
      response.getOutputStream().close();
     } catch (Exception e)
        //throw new OAException("An Error has occured master: " + e.getStackTrace().toString(), OAException.ERROR);
   * Procedure to handle form submissions for form elements in
   * a region.
   * @param pageContext the current OA page context
   * @param webBean the web bean corresponding to the region
  public void processFormRequest(OAPageContext pageContext, OAWebBean webBean)
    super.processFormRequest(pageContext, webBean);
}