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JasonInfuse
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August 12, 2016
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stagewebview Windows pdfs

  • August 12, 2016
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I am developing an air application that downloads pdfs and displays them using stagewebview. The application works as expected on ios and Mac. The problem I am running into is when displaying pdfs on windows. Instead of showing the pdf, it prompts the user to download the file. It seems like it isn't using browser plugins. When I use the browser outside of the air application it displays pdfs as expected. Any ideas of how to fix this?

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Correct answer User Unknow

If user have Acrobat Reader installed - it will be used to display PDF inside StageWebView. This is a case of

new StageWebView(true);

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dogofpavlov
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August 12, 2016

I ran into this same problem for a Desktop AIR app I built. My solution was to instead of directly linking the PDF in the stageWebView, I instead linked to this:

http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://url.to.your.pdf

It's basically Googles PDF viewer that works and displays PDFs correctly inside of StageWebView.

Example: http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://help.adobe.com/en_US/air/build/air_buildingapps.pdf

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JasonInfuseAuthor
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August 12, 2016

This is a good idea but unfortunately I need this to work offline.

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Legend
August 13, 2016

If user have Acrobat Reader installed - it will be used to display PDF inside StageWebView. This is a case of

new StageWebView(true);

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Anonymous
August 12, 2016

According to Adobe documentation, unless you are using a custom library or 3rd party library, the only way to display PDFs in Flash is if the Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed.

"Important: To render PDF content in AIR, the user must have Adobe Reader or Adobe® Acrobat® version 8.1 or higher installed."

Adobe Flash Platform * Adding PDF content in AIR

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