FIELD[file] Force PDFs to be viewed within the browser

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11 years 10 months ago - 11 years 10 months ago #25589 by hede

FIELD[file] Force PDFs to be viewed within the browser was created by hede

Is it possible with the FIELD[file] to link directly to a PDF so it will be displayed within the browser rather than be downloaded?
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FF on Win10, FLEXIcontent version 3.0.10 on Joomla 3.4

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11 years 10 months ago #25590 by ggppdk

Replied by ggppdk on topic FIELD[file] Force PDFs to be viewed within the browser

-- In general you cannot force the browser to VIEW the PDF file.
-- This is controlled by browser settings and other browser software installed on the browser

But you can do the opposite force almost ALL browsers to download it, but of course this is not useful to you.

You will need to use some online PDF viewer

Most like you need to search this with Google

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11 years 10 months ago #25603 by hede

Replied by hede on topic FIELD[file] Force PDFs to be viewed within the browser

Thank you. I know that I can only forsce the download, not the display because that needs a browser plugin. I need to figure out, why FC is forcing the download without my intention. You can see an example here when the Google Chrome Browser is used:
weissneu.jordymedia.de/tactile-sensing-p...ducers/dsa-9205.html
When you click on Product Data Sheet in the DOwnloads section the PDF gets downloaded but when you click on Terms and Conditions in the footer the PDF gets displayed (if a reader plugin is installed). So obviously FC is forcing the download and I need to change this.
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11 years 10 months ago #25605 by ggppdk

Replied by ggppdk on topic FIELD[file] Force PDFs to be viewed within the browser

FLEXIcontent sets a HTTP header that forces download of only unknown file types:

Code:

switch( $ext )
{
	case "pdf":
		$ctype = "application/pdf";
		break;
	......
	......
	......
	default:
		$ctype = "application/force-download";
}

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11 years 10 months ago #25611 by hede

Replied by hede on topic FIELD[file] Force PDFs to be viewed within the browser

I think the problem is that the link to files handled by the field[fiele] are links to an .html page and not to the PDF itself as you can see on my demo page mentioned above. Is it possible to tell FC to link direktly to the file and not to obfuscate the link?
Cheers

FF on Win10, FLEXIcontent version 3.0.10 on Joomla 3.4

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