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Anonymous
October 10, 2016
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Embed interactive pdf into a html page in an iframe

  • October 10, 2016
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I was given an interactive pdf file, it has a slide with a small slideshow (3 slides) when looked at that particular slide. There is a play button and stop button at the bottom that appears/disappears if you move your mouse over it, and we can choose to play it or stop it. I don't know if its a video though. But, there is some interactivity in that slide. I tried to embed this pdf in an HTML file iframe. It works for the most part but the interactivity doesn't work in chrome: I have Version 53.0.2785.143 m of chrome.

However, not sure if by fluke or what, in IE 11 its working. Any ideas on how this can be made to work on chrome?  I am using a simple iframe

<iframe src="file://C:\Users\svboll\embed-pdf\Interactive.pdf" style="width:718px; height:700px;"

frameborder="0"></iframe>

Adding:

I am actually trying to embed this interactive pdf into a HTML widget of a jive community, ultimately i would like to embed it in a jive community  html widget. SO, any ideas on how to embed this and keep the interactivity of pdf on any browser or device would be appreciated

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JoelGeraci_Datalogics
JoelGeraci_Datalogics
Participating Frequently
October 10, 2016

Chrome uses it's own built-in PDF viewer. Even simple cross document links don't work when the PDF is in an iFrame in Chrome. Unfortunately, you won't be able to create a consistent experience across browsers, PDF viewers, and devices.

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Anonymous
October 11, 2016

Can you suggest some ways to embed the pdf inside an html page and retain its interactivity. Is there some plugin that can be used and specified as a source url for one of the attributes in iframe?  or converting the pdf into html would be advisable?

JoelGeraci_Datalogics
JoelGeraci_Datalogics
Participating Frequently
October 11, 2016

Unfortunately, there is no way to embed a PDF inside an HTML page and have it behave consistently. You can't even have the PDF file be downloaded and run locally and expect that end users will have the same experience as the author. There are just too many PDF viewers available that don't implement the specification correctly or fully. Converting the PDF to HTML may give you a visual experience similar to the PDF but the interactivity won't survive the conversion.

Sorry for the bad news.

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