PDF Size

[Faaiez]

Hi

I've managed to create BSP applications that display PDF files. The code is as follows:

 CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_STRING_TO_XSTRING'
        EXPORTING
          text   = ls_output
        IMPORTING
          buffer = l_pdf_xstring.

      l_pdf_len = XSTRLEN( l_pdf_xstring ).
      cached_response->set_data( data   = l_pdf_xstring
                          length = l_pdf_len ).

      cached_response->set_header_field( name  = if_http_header_fields=>content_type
                                         value = 'application/pdf' ).
      cached_response->set_status( code = 200 reason = 'OK' ).
      cached_response->server_cache_expire_rel( expires_rel = 180 ).

      CALL FUNCTION 'GUID_CREATE'
        IMPORTING
          ev_guid_32 = guid.

      CONCATENATE runtime->application_url '/' guid '.pdf' INTO l_display_url.

      cl_http_server=>server_cache_upload( url      = l_display_url
                                           response = cached_response ).

Some of these PDF files however are quite big eg 2MB.

1) I would like to know wether there is a way I can compress these files before sending it to the browser?

2) Is there a way, perhaps javascript, I can display the file size to be downloaded (this I can get) and the percentage downloaded to cache?

3) Is there a way I can convert the PDF file into SVG format?

TIA

Faaiez

[former_member181879]

<i>1) I would like to know wether there is a way I can compress these files before sending</i>

Done by ICM when streaming the content out if (a) browser is willing to accept gzip and (b) you tells ICM to do the needful. See: CL_HTTP_SERVER=>SET_COMPRESSION. That is it.

Hmmm..I see that you are actually writing yourself it into the cache. I have never tried this and compression option. Maybe you could change your logic to generate a URL that points to a BSP page generate.pdf. Only then generate the PDF and then the response is written without the ICM cache. Then definitely you can call set_compression.

<i>2) Is there a way, perhaps javascript, I can display the file size to be downloaded (this I can get) and the percentage downloaded to cache?</i>

This is not possible, as all of this work is done on the ABAP side, at a time when the browser is waiting for the response. You could consider to start some animation in the browser after the request is dispatched. For example, look at <xhtmlb:protectDoubleSubmit>. Other solutions are possible, but complex using batch jobs, polling, etc.