I should clarify that I meant that the IFRAME would contain the cfm template that uses CFCONTENT to stream the PDF - just in case that isn't as obvious as I initially thought :D
Abhi On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:23:15 +1000, Abhijit Hiremagalur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jason > > I'm not sure if this will actually work because I haven't tried it, I > have a feeling it just might though. > > You could display a HTML page with whatever message you like and > include an invisible (tiny) IFRAME in that page which basically > contains just the PDF. Now this might cause an issue if the browser > attempts to open the PDF in the browser window itself, even then you > could just incorporate a larger IFRAME if you want to cater for this > instance. > > Would love to know if this actually works :) > > Cheers > > Abhi > > > > > On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:05:28 +1000, Jason Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I currently am streaming pdf files from a secure directory (above the > > webroot) which all works great. The only problem I have is the client wants > > a message to be displayed while the file is loading. My problem is as there > > is a CFHeader telling the browser it is a PDF file the browser of course > > immediately loads the plugin so nothing can be displayed while the file is > > loading. > > > > I know I could load a second popup with this information but i think this > > looks clumsy and would be annoying. Another way to do it would be to show > > the html page first then simply refresh to the streamed file but again why > > make the user wait at all when most files will download pretty quickly. > > > > Any suggestions for how I should handle this? > > > > Cheers, > > Jason. > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
