Open pdf file in browser

Question

1.00/5 (2 votes)

See more:

I have a pdf file which is open via iFrame in the browser.
It works on windows and mac machines but on android mobile chrome browser the pdf file do not want to open.

Someone have any idea about this ?

Posted 26-Sep-14 1:13am

ravikhoda

Updated 26-Sep-14 2:02am

Leo Chapiro

v2

Add a Solution

Comments

Leo Chapiro 26-Sep-14 8:01am

Wrong question in wrong forum

ravikhoda 26-Sep-14 8:04am

why whats wrong in this ? this is simple html browser problem issue.

Leo Chapiro 26-Sep-14 8:06am

Because it is not about a programming?

1 solution

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2014-09-26T06:56:00

PDF files are routinely shown in the browsers, even though PDF is not a part of W3 standards (as far as I know). But your product should never rely on the assumption that it happens. This is usually implemented as a browser plug-ins. Not all of your users will have this option, and not all will use it. Moreover, you should not assume that all user have any PDF software at all. But this is not a problem at all.

You just need to put your PDF in a anchor tag, as a file referenced in the href attribute. In this case, the user having a PDF plug-in will have it loaded in the browser. In all other cases, the user will have either a choice to open the file using default software product set for PDFs, if any, or download the file. If there is not any PDF software, the user will be give only one choice: to download a file. This is quite fair, because the user will always be able to view the document later.

There is nothing special you need to do, and, in fact, there is no any need to do anything else.

—SA