I agree with Matjin in this one, Flash is not a good solution in this case, in fact, Flash is not a good solution in a lot of cases lately, but handling PDFs in the browser can be tricky sometimes.
I remember that some time ago I had to build a system that prints a PDF after it is loaded from the server, without any user interaction, and there is no way to do that using only HTML/JS due to security restrictions of course. The solution I came up with was to create a java printer application that also open a local (tiny) http server, and the browser call this java application (ajax) sending the URL of the PDF, the java application downloads the document and prints it directly. The only downside is that the user need to open this printer application. Best regards. Att. Gabriel Ricci ____________________ Website <http://gabrielricci.github.com> Follow @gabrielricci <http://www.twitter.com/gabrielricci> Facebook profile <http://www.facebook.com/gabrielricci2>, GitHub profile<http://www.github.com/gabrielricci/> <http://code.google.com/p/syslibjs/> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Matijn Woudt <tijn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > > > Jim Giner wrote: > > > >> Thanks for the pointer - but not what I'm looking to do. Trying to make > >> it > >> effortless for the user so having to go and open a pdf would be another > >> pia. > >> > > > > Actually it IS worth pointing out that how the browser handles a pdf file > > is very much controlled by the browser itself? Opening in a browser page > > only works if there is a suitable plugin, so what *I* get is the option > to > > save file or open in a third party app as I don't currently have any > > plugins loaded for pdf. > > > > We use pdf's for agendas and minutes, but I have yet to find a reliable > > way to display them as a pop-up or opening in a separate page even using > > 'target'. The compromise I came up with is to open them in a flash player > > as in http://northwaypc.org.uk/**fisheye/image/1030< > http://northwaypc.org.uk/fisheye/image/1030> > > > > > > > Please, don't advise flash to anyone. It's outdated, and is not gonna be > supported for a long time anymore. iOS never supported, and Android does > also not support since Jelly Bean I think. > I checked your solution, and on my 1920x1080 screen, it shows the pdf quite > small. I can zoom, but the bounding box does not get bigger, which means I > have scroll the page from left to right to view it. In a native solution it > would show the PDF as wide as my screen is, which makes it normally > readable. > I don't see what the problem is with showing a pdf in a pop up or new > tab/window, it should work just as any other. Can u perhaps show us a > simple code that does not work? (under 50 lines of code, if possible). > > Regards, > > Matijn >
