How to convert web page to image using Java and Eclipse - Java Sample Code

If you are a Java developer, you may want to convert web page to image in Java project and then save it as JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP format or directly output the image bytes in memory to client browser. To add this feature to your Java project, ACA WebThumb ActiveX is best your choice. It's a developer SDK for coverting HTML page to image, it takes the snapshots of given URLs as JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, WMF and EMF image. In this tutorial, we will see how to convert web page to image with Java and Eclipse environment.

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Guidelines: Convert web page to image using Java and Eclipse

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

Note: This demo requires JDK (JRE) and Eclipse. please make sure you have installed the Java development environment

• Download Java Development Kit (JDK)
• Download Eclipse

Example code: Convert web page to image using Java and Eclipse

Java script file: CSnapSample.java

import org.eclipse.swt.ole.win32.Variant;

public class CSnapSample
{
  static final String progId = "ACAWebThumb.ThumbMaker";

  public static void main(String[] argv)
  {
    System.out.println("Ready to start...");

    /**
     * Create the COM interface
     */
    CComObject t_xCom = new CComObject();
    t_xCom.CreateComObjectProgID(progId);

    /**
     * Set the license key to unlock the trial limit. To get a license, please visit: 
     *   http://www.acasystems.com/en/buynow.htm
     */
    // String t_strRegcode = "AAAAAAAAA-BBBBBBBBB-CCCCCCCCC-DDDDDDDDD";
    // t_xCom.CallFunction( "SetRegInfo", new Variant[] { new Variant(t_strRegcode) } );

    /**
     * Set the URL
     */
    String t_strURL = "http://www.google.com";
    t_xCom.CallFunction("SetURL", new Variant[] { new Variant(t_strURL) });

    /**
     * Start snap
     */
    Variant t_vRet = t_xCom.CallFunction("StartSnap");

    /**
     * Save the image
     */
    if (0 == t_vRet.getLong())
    {
      String t_strFile = "c:/google.png";
      t_xCom.CallFunction("SaveImage", new Variant[] { new Variant(t_strFile) });

      System.out.println("Completed.");
    }
    else
    {
      System.out.println("Failed.");
    }

    /**
     * release
     */
    t_xCom.dispose();
  }
}

Other resource about Converting web page to image using Java and Eclipse:

• Java Sample Code: How to convert HTML to image in Java?
• How to convert YouTube video webpage to image?
• ACA WebThumb ActiveX Interface Reference
• Sun: Developer Resources for Java Technology
• Wikipedia: Web page
• Google: Google Image Labeler