Yet another PDF in HTML question

[Erikxxx]

Hi all,

I'm currently dealing with publishing PDFs in a few html pages.
However, we have both Mozilla, IE and Netscape users and i'm not sure which technique I should use to put the pdfs in my html files.

For ex:
If i use the object tag The mozilla users don't seem to be able to view the pdfs.

Well, I'm looking for a bit of code so I can make all users "happy" regardless browser.

Thanks

Erik

 

[TrmblingBluStar]

What do you mean by publishing PDF's inside HTML? The reason I ask is because most web browsers will have a plug-in for viewing pdf's, and a simple hyper-link to the file is all that is needed for a user to open the file.

Or are you trying to do something different?

 

[Erikxxx]

Hi,

THanks for you quick reply

Well, What I mean by "publishing" pdf inside html is basically to let the browser to open the PDF inside the browser.
I'm just considering the different way of doing it.
For ex. using the <object> tag or <embedded> tag etc.

But for instance it doesn't seem that you can use the <object> tag when browsing with Mozilla. So, I'm looking for a way to browse PDFs so it works for all browsers(IE/Netscape/mozilla).

Regards
Erik

 

[mkrausnick]

Doesn't

<a href=&quot;filename.pdf&quot;>

work in all browsers?

Mike Krausnick
Dublin, California

 

[WizyWyg]

Yeah it does. Nothing special needed coding wise.

 

[clarkin]

Worth reading:
&quot;PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption&quot;

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030714.html

also some related articles there. Good breakdown of why you shouldn't publish .pdf except for folks to print

Posting code? Wrap it with code tags: [ignore]

[/ignore][code]CodeHere

[ignore][/code][/ignore].

 

[Erikxxx]

Hi

Clarkin: Thanks for the link to the website you sent me. It seems to be a good resource.

mkrausnick: but if you using <a href> don't you need to click on a link to be able to open the file?
I wanted my Pdf:s to instantly be loading when the user opens the webpage (therefore i was looking at embeded and object tag).

Thanks

Erik

 

[mkrausnick]

No problem:

<meta http-equiv=&quot;refresh&quot; content=&quot;0; url=filename.pdf&quot;>

should work, although I didn't try it.

Mike Krausnick
Dublin, California

 

[ChrisHunt]

Or you could put it in an <iframe> (though this won't work with NN4.7).

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