Opening a file (pdf) on a page automatically?

[christheprogrammer]

Hi all,
How do you make a pdf file open automatically on a web page? I have found that making a hyperlink point directly to the filename works, as well as (in VB):
Response.Redirect("

http://someurl/test.pdf")

But, this only works on the development machine, as soon as I try it from another machine on the domain, the link fails. Is this related to absolute/relative addresses? If so, what is the format for the addresses?

Thanks a million Chris

 

[theocraticmind]

you need a browser plugin to view pdf files. this may be your problem. but as far as the adress goes both relative and absolute should work.

 

[christheprogrammer]

Thanks, theocratic, but I have the plugin. I should have used a JPEG as an example since there is no plugin required to display one. The problem is that the image does not display on another machine (404 - not found) even though it exists in the directory. I am using absolute addressing, i.e. C:\

http://www\myWebProject\test.jpeg

is not found...

Cheers Chris

 

[theocraticmind]

thats you problem. the reason it only works on your machine is because that path is only on your machine. you'll have to upload the pdf file to a server in order to have others see it.

 

[theocraticmind]

more to say:

you can either use a relative path, and upload the fils with the same folder structure ie. pdffiles/whatever.pdf then when you upload the files make a folder called pdffiles and up your file there. or, use an absolute path, but one that relates to a server ie.

http://www.whatever.com/whatever/yourfile.pdf

 

[christheprogrammer]

Thanks for the responses - My development machine IS the server, running IIS from windows XP. I tried to bring up the file using

http://whatever/test.pdf

but that doesn't work, even on this development machine/server. I must be missing something simple... damn

Chris