Re: [PHP] target question
[email protected] (Lester Caine)
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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 -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk