Re: Re: header() function for displaying an opened PDF document.

From: Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 13:01:21 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: header() function for displaying an opened PDF document.
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It might help to have a peek at how the php Pdf libraries are doing this (www.php.net/pdflib, fpdf.org, www.ros.co.nz/pdf) . There are a lot of things to worry about with pdf, not the least the fact that older acrobat readers will give plenty of errors when the page is not send fast enough and many other reasons. The safest workaround might be to save the pdf on the server, and then use headers to tell the browser where to find it. At 14:55 14-10-03, you wrote:
Well, now, I get an unknown file type. I have already specified the
"Scott Fletcher" <scott@abcoa.com> wrote in message
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I seem to be having problem with sending the PDF document to the
browser to
be open on screen. I kept getting the error message, it say
'Windows cannot open this file'.


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