How do you display a .PDF file in the browser?

[mark erickson]

Hi,

I found this code in MSDN that is supposed to open Adobe Acrobat Reader and
display a .PDF file in the browser. What it actually does for me is to display
the contents of the file--eg %PDF ... (not in Acrobat).

How do I get the file to be opened with Acrobat? (I do have acrobat installed
on the browser machine, and it does successfully display .PDF's from other
web sites)


<%@ Page ContentType="application/pdf" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>

<script language="vb" runat="server">
Sub Page_Load(sender as Object, e as EventArgs)
Const strFileName as String = "C:\transits.pdf"

' Read the contents of a binary file
Dim objStream as Stream = File.Open(strFileName, FileMode.Open)

Dim buffer(objStream.Length) as Byte
objStream.Read(buffer, 0, objStream.Length)
objStream.Close()

Response.BinaryWrite(buffer)
End Sub
</script>

[Russell Jones]

If the file is already a PDF file, all you need to do is redirect the
browser to it. Every client that has the Acrobat reader installed will
display the file automatically.

"mark erickson" <m1erickson@cs.com> wrote in message
news:3bd5b05a$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Hi,
>
> I found this code in MSDN that is supposed to open Adobe Acrobat Reader
and
> display a .PDF file in the browser. What it actually does for me is to
display
> the contents of the file--eg %PDF ... (not in Acrobat).
>
> How do I get the file to be opened with Acrobat? (I do have acrobat
installed
> on the browser machine, and it does successfully display .PDF's from other
> web sites)
>
>
> <%@ Page ContentType="application/pdf" %>
> <%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
>
> <script language="vb" runat="server">
> Sub Page_Load(sender as Object, e as EventArgs)
> Const strFileName as String = "C:\transits.pdf"
>
> ' Read the contents of a binary file
> Dim objStream as Stream = File.Open(strFileName, FileMode.Open)
>
> Dim buffer(objStream.Length) as Byte
> objStream.Read(buffer, 0, objStream.Length)
> objStream.Close()
>
> Response.BinaryWrite(buffer)
> End Sub
> </script>
>

[Damian Brooks]

Not an option if you are, for example loading the pdf file from a non-web
accessible location, ie outside your webroot or from a database table.

Your problem may be that IIS on your server does not have the mime type "application/pdf"
registered.


"Russell Jones" <arj1@northstate.net> wrote:
>If the file is already a PDF file, all you need to do is redirect the
>browser to it. Every client that has the Acrobat reader installed will
>display the file automatically.
>
>"mark erickson" <m1erickson@cs.com> wrote in message
>news:3bd5b05a$1@news.devx.com...
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I found this code in MSDN that is supposed to open Adobe Acrobat Reader
>and
>> display a .PDF file in the browser. What it actually does for me is to
>display
>> the contents of the file--eg %PDF ... (not in Acrobat).
>>
>> How do I get the file to be opened with Acrobat? (I do have acrobat
>installed
>> on the browser machine, and it does successfully display .PDF's from other
>> web sites)
>>
>>
>> <%@ Page ContentType="application/pdf" %>
>> <%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
>>
>> <script language="vb" runat="server">
>> Sub Page_Load(sender as Object, e as EventArgs)
>> Const strFileName as String = "C:\transits.pdf"
>>
>> ' Read the contents of a binary file
>> Dim objStream as Stream = File.Open(strFileName, FileMode.Open)
>>
>> Dim buffer(objStream.Length) as Byte
>> objStream.Read(buffer, 0, objStream.Length)
>> objStream.Close()
>>
>> Response.BinaryWrite(buffer)
>> End Sub
>> </script>
>>
>
>