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June 10, 2008
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link to pdf.

  • June 10, 2008
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Using Dreamweaver in hyperlink preferences I've set Target to "_blank", the results are that the user is asked to save the pdf.

I want it to open automatically in Adobe browser. Now I read this needs to be set in Acrobat when creating the pdf. Is this correct? No Acrobat here for me to test...Thank you..
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Inspiring
June 12, 2008
JC_33 escreveu:
> Using Dreamweaver in hyperlink preferences I've set Target to "_blank", the
> results are that the user is asked to save the pdf.
>
> I want it to open automatically in Adobe browser. Now I read this needs to be
> set in Acrobat when creating the pdf. Is this correct? No Acrobat here for me
> to test...Thank you..
>
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Inspiring
June 11, 2008
hi yea,
if your pages are of asp type then this is a good free tool

http://www.tom-muck.com/extensions/help/ForceDownload/

force download will do as it says, your customer clicks the link and they
are given the option of downloading the pdf, I have found in the past if i
had a big pdf and explore was trying to open it the screen seems to kinda
freeze thus using this extension resolved that.

k


Inspiring
June 10, 2008
.oO(JC_33)

>Using Dreamweaver in hyperlink preferences I've set Target to "_blank", the
>results are that the user is asked to save the pdf.

The user will not only get a download dialog, but also a totally useless
empty window. You should remove the 'target' attribute.

> I want it to open automatically in Adobe browser.

It's a local browser setup.

>Now I read this needs to be
>set in Acrobat when creating the pdf. Is this correct?

No. It doesn't matter how and where the PDF was created. But the users
needs to have a PDF viewer and a PDF browser plugin installed on their
machine in order to open the PDF in the browser. You can't control that,
so simply link to the file and let the browsers handle the rest.

Micha
Participating Frequently
June 11, 2008
I´m also having this issue.
Is there any way to specified this by code?

Thanks