Looking for a "Universal" Document viewer component/library

java applet viewer plugins
JohnFx picture JohnFx · Oct 24, 2008 · Viewed 10.7k times · Source

I am looking for an Applet with similar functionality to the Oracle/Stellent OutsideIn ActiveX control or the Autonomy KeyView technology that act as a browser plug-in allowing the rendering/display of a large number of file formats (Word processing, spreadhseet, graphics, etc.) I currently use the Stellent solution, but due to some restrictions of some of our clients would prefer something that either exists as a Java Applet, Silverlight control, or has a Java API that I could build an applet on top of (neither of the two I mentioned do).

At a bare minimum it would need to display at least the following formats:

MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

MS Outlook MSG files

Adobe PDF

Standard image formats: BMP, PNG, JPEG, TIFF

WordPerfect

HTML

Any suggestions?

Answer

RealHowTo picture RealHowTo · Oct 25, 2008

If a commercial product is an option, ViewOne is a nice product. It's an Applet and you can view a large variety of document.

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