Is there a way you can force a PDF to open at a particular view no matter what program you are viewing in? How to force a PDF to open at a particular view. Is there a way you can force a PDF to open at a particular view no matter what program you are viewing in?

1 How to force download a pdf iinstead of view in browser. 8/5/08 5:15:09 PM Titan I have a task of finding a way to do this only under normal html or JSP. Its giving me the shits cause it can easily be done with PHP. But the sites not able to use this. Anyone know of a javascript, xml or any other kind of script that can do this without using other back end code languages? Hell even action scripting in flash. Any ideas let me know.

And no, save target as isnt an option we want to use:P ----- Quote by Ben Mansill I've always waited for the day here when we talk about anal sex with animated Disney lions. 8/5/08 6:26:50 PM Overlord superfireydave I tried that example out, doesn't work in IE 6 or Firefox. Says its IE specific, and i'll bet it doesn't work with a popup blocker either.

From the same FAQ (this trick doesn't work either I just tried it). 'After having spent some time finding a way to by-pass the file association problem for PDF's I just renamed the PDF file! By removing the file extention '.pdf' you cause your browser to ask you what you want to do with the unknown file. When saving it, it does appearently read the file and recognize it as a PDF. This will cause the Save As dialog box to save it with PDF file extention and so you just need to hit the OK button! ' Just bung them into a zip file seems to be the only workable option.

----- location: adelaide AMD 3000+, Epox 8RDA6+ PRO, 1024 meg DDR400 cas 2.5, P/Color 9800SE AIW, 1xWD 120gig HDs 3xWD 320gig. Lite-on DVD & cd-rw 550W PSU. 11/5/08 12:57:21 AM Titan Quote by superfireydave I still don't understand the problem with viewing them in the web browser? You'd assume that people would save them just like an image if they wanted to keep them, and if not, well then they'd just look at in the browser? Edit: What I'm saying is you're cutting out a usability feature. To me, that's a really silly mistake to make.

Edited by superfireydave: 9/5/2008 4:55:31 PM We cant afford to assume. Its quite simple really, The average user isnt that technologically savy. You have to factor in people that are going to this site, are those that are not all that familiar with the internet, are possibly elderly, have difficulty grasping these kinds of concepts etc. Dai Vernon Chronicles Pdf on this page. Besides, this is just what business wants.