Page description language package file preview

摘要

Various embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, and software to preview files packaged, or otherwise embedded, within page description language documents. Such previews may be viewed without opening a larger application typically used to view such files. Some embodiments include presenting, in a page description language document reader application, a representation of a file packaged within a page description language document and receiving a selection of the packaged file to preview the file within the page description language document reader application. Some embodiments further include selecting a utility to open the packaged file as a function of a file type of the packaged file and calling the selected utility to open the packaged file with a reference to a location where packaged file is located.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
presenting, in a page description language document reader application, a representation of a file packaged within a page description language document, wherein when packaged within the page description language document, the file is compressed in a compressed archive interleaved within the page description language document, and wherein the page description language is Portable Document Format; receiving, in the page description language document reader application, a selection of the packaged file to preview the file within the page description language document reader application; selecting a utility to open the packaged file as a function of a file type of the packaged file; and calling the selected utility to open, within a user interface of the page description language reader application, the packaged file with a reference to a location where the packaged file is located, wherein the utility is a web service accessed via a network interface device of a computing device on which the method is performed and configured to convert the package file from a first format to a second format compatible for viewing in the page description language document reader application.