how to View pdf file in browser in CF 7

[anikanch]

Hello,

Has any one know hoe to view pdf contents in Browser when user click a link or button using CF 7?

Please advise.....

Thanks,
Anitha

[Kronin555]

Are you talking about cfdocument and flash pages?

If you're talking about viewing an actual PDF document in the browser, that's
totally dependent on the user's setup. If they have acrobat reader installed,
and a web browser that supports viewing PDF docs inside the browser, then that
will be the default behavior. There's nothing you can do on the server side to
force this (though there are ways to force them to save the PDF before viewing
it, and disabling the opening of the PDF in the browser).

[anikanch]

Thanks Kronin555 .

I use cfdocument to create a pdf file and using a link to open the same or
any other pdf files. I am using cfcontent to display the file but it hangs.
link directly to pdf works fine though, cane display using cfcontent in the
first place?

Thanks,
Anitha

[Kronin555]

anikanch,

I use the following code to display a pdf via cfcontent:

<cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="inline; filename=report.pdf">
<cfheader name="Expires" value="#Now()#">
<cfcontent type="application/pdf" file="#PDFGenWebRoot#/#filename#.pdf">

You're obviously going to want to change the file path and filename, and
possibly remove the Expires header. Post back if you have any problems using
this.

[anikanch]

I did use cfcontent but it displayes junk characters instead of acutal content in pdf. Please help.

Thanks.

[Kronin555]

You're doing something funky then, because the code I posted works fine.

Post the code you're using.

[Stressed_Simon]

Read this thread:-
[url]http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=990412&forumid=1[/url]

[anikanch]

Thanks a lot for your help and time, Kronin555 .

It works now, for some reason It didn't work with the same code you
provided(may be while copying some thing more was mising), while playing around
the code I had removed below line. After seeing you reply I added below line
and it works fine now. Thanks..........

<cfheader name="Expires" value="#Now()#">

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--Anitha