I am outputing what the user sees to a pdf file using iReport. Part of the output is a richText file. Since it does not look like iReport has a way to display a rtf file. Could I have some java class take the rft file and convert it into jpg so I could display it as an image. This is all dynamic data that is being output to pdf.
The entire PDF is not just the rtf.
This is a complex form with images, textboxes, checkboxes, radio buttons, and the body of the form, which is a description of change for an engineering drawing, is the rtf part.
Maybe I am not understanding your post. Can you explain more in detail? All this has to be done on the fly.
I've never used iReport, so I don't know how to convert rtf with it, but using an image file as a go-between seems unnecessary. You'll have to worry about scaling the image correctly so the rtf ends up being the correct size in the final pdf. You'll also be making the pdf less useful. One of the cool things about pdf is that the text in it is actual text, so it can be copied, zoomed in on, etc. If it's an image embedded in the pdf, you'll lose those benefits.
Isn't rtf a subset of the doc format? Check if adding the rtf as a doc works for iReport. If you do end up using an image, at least make it a lossless format like png so you don't get compression artifacts.
