How to convert HTML to image in Java - Java Sample Code

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Guidelines: Convert HTML to image in Java

1. Free download ACA WebThumb ActiveX.
2. You will find a Java demo project in the folder {install-folder}\sample\java.
3. Open file Readme.txt, follow the instructions, build and run it.

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Example code: Java - Convert HTML to image

Java Code for Converting HTML to image:

Code File: snap.java

import sun.awt.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.peer.*;

public class Snap
{
  static
  {
    System.loadLibrary("Snap");
  }

  public static void main( String[] argv )
  {
    Snap t_xSnap = new Snap();
    t_xSnap.Start("http://www.google.com", "snapshot-google.png");
  }

  public native void Start(String pi_strURL, String pi_strImageName);
}

Code File: snap.cpp

#include <windows.h>
#include <atlbase.h>
#include "snap.h"

#pragma comment(lib,"atl.lib")
#import "./../../acawebthumb.dll" no_namespace

JNIEXPORT void JNICALL 
Java_Snap_Start(JNIEnv *pEnv, jobject, jstring pi_strUrl, jstring pi_strFileName)
{
  CoInitialize(0);

  _bstr_t t_strUrl = pEnv->GetStringUTFChars(pi_strUrl, 0);
  _bstr_t t_strFileName = pEnv->GetStringUTFChars(pi_strFileName, 0);	

  IThumbMakerPtr HTML_Converter = NULL;
  HRESULT hr = HTML_Converter.CreateInstance(L"ACAWebThumb.ThumbMaker");	
  if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
  { 
    HTML_Converter->SetURL(t_strUrl);
    if ( 0 == HTML_Converter->StartSnap() )
      HTML_Converter->SaveImage(t_strFileName);
  }
  if (HTML_Converter)
    HTML_Converter.Release();

  CoUninitialize();    	  	
}

Code File: Build.bat

@echo off

REM ======================================================
REM To build this Java sample code,
REM Please set your VCBIN and JDKFOLDER folder first
REM ======================================================
echo Setting Environment...

SET VCBIN=D:\Dev\Tool\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin
SET JDKFOLDER=D:\apps\Java\jdk1.6.0_11

call "%VCBIN%\VCVARS32.BAT"
cd /D "%~dp0"

echo Compiling Java script...
"%JDKFOLDER%\bin\javac" Snap.java
"%JDKFOLDER%\bin\javah" -classpath . Snap

echo Building DLL...
cl Snap.cpp -I"%JDKFOLDER%\include\Win32" 
            -I"%JDKFOLDER%\Include" -FeSnap.dll -MT -LD /link user32.lib gdi32.lib

echo Running Sample...
"%JDKFOLDER%\bin\java" Snap

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