cgi that feeds up a PDF file

[adumitrescu]

Hello,
I need to write a cgi that returns a PDF file to the browser (as if they had clicked on a PDF link). My cgi can open the raw PDF file easily enough and push the data. What I'm not sure about is the pre-amble bits that preceed the actual PDF data stream (and possible post-amble bits).
Note: not that it matters to this topic, but I use Perl for my cgi work.
Thanks.

 

[Kirsle]

Did you mean this:

print "Content-Type: application/pdf\n\n";
print $binary_pdf_data;

 

[feherke]

Hi

That way if the visitor wants to save the PDF file, the default file name in the Save as dialog will be the script file's name. If you want to send a proper name for the PDF file, add a [tt]Content-disposition[/tt] header line too.

print "Content-Type: application/pdf
Content-disposition: inline; filename=$pdf_file_name
\n";
print $binary_pdf_data;

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[adumitrescu]

Thank you both. I had hoped it would be so easy.
Cheers