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04 Feb 10 Major new version New look, new page turning mode, enhanced search, code tidy up and much more...
15 Jan 10 Version 3.92 build 40 released Improvements to PageFlow mode and bug fixes for client issues. More Info...
8 Dec 09 Version 3.91 build 80 released Speed enhancements to image printing, optimisations for PDFs reusing XObjects and general improvements. More Info...
20 Nov 09 Version 3.91 build 60 released Enhancements to PageFlow mode, Applet regression fixed and improvements to non embedded text rendering. Read More ...
05 Nov 09 Version 3.91 build 15 released Enhancements to PageFlow viewing mode including reflection effect, improvements to Viewer configuration and general bug fixes. Read More ...
07 Oct 09 Version 3.81 build 38 released First release of new PageFlow viewing mode, rewrite of seach and highlighting capabilities. Read More ...
23 Sep 09 PDF Java Ebook Solution IDRsolutions is pleased to announce a new free service which embeds PDF's inside our viewer. A must for e-book authors and distributors. Read More ...
IDEA PDF Plugin
The PDF plugin for IDEA adds integral Java support for PDF files. Based on the GPL release of the JPedal library it includes the ability to open, scale and move through pages. Once installed, PDF files can be viewed by double-clicking on a PDF file or using FileOpen option
The PDF viewer also allows you to open PDF files from the internet, which it will cache, and store a list of your favourite files for easy access.
Automatic Installation
The IDEA Plug-in can be installed directly from within the IDE. It will be on the list of available Plug-ins. There is an excellent guide to this here.
Manual Installation
The IDEA Plug-in can be installed manually by following these instructions.
- Click here to download the Plug-in.
- Decompress the Plug-in to provide a directory called jpedalIDEA.
- Locate the Idea program directory on your machine. Inside there will be a directory called Plug-ins.
- Copy the jpedalIDEA sub-directory into Plug-ins and restart Idea.
- Double-click on a PDF or use open to view PDF.
Source code
The PDF viewer is heavily based on the sample ImageViewer application released by Intellij. We have made the source code for the Plug-in available to download.
Links to related articles
Homepage for all PDF plugins.
Introductory tutorial on plugins shows how to use the free PDF plugin for Eclipse, IDEA and NetBeans.
Plugin page on IDEA repository
