Re: [PHP] target question

[email protected] (Lester Caine)
Newsgroups php.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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

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