[FX.php List] Offtopic Problem viewing PDFs in FileMaker webviewer

Do, Jerry H jhdo at Central.UH.EDU
Wed Nov 8 14:01:28 MST 2006


What version of Acrobat reader do you have?  According to Adobe, version 5
and 6 do not support PDF viewing within a web browser on Mac OS X.

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/325875.html


On 11/8/06 2:56 PM, "Gjermund Gusland Thorsen" <ggt667 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well it works with Adobe Acrobat too
> 
> if you go to "internet" in preferences of Acrobat reader and uncheck
> the top choice
> 
> ggt667
> 
> 2006/11/8, Dale Bengston <dbengston at preservationstudio.com>:
>> I'm not surprised it doesn't work on IE. Microsoft abandoned that in
>> June of 2003.
>> 
>> Here's a nice assessment of the state of in-browser PDF viewing on Mac:
>> http://www.macworld.com/2006/08/secrets/septworkingmac/index.php
>> 
>> Hope this helps,
>> Dale
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 8, 2006, at 5:05 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>> 
>>> My webviewer renders all HTML, and shows all JPG, GIF and PNG files
>>> just fine,
>>> but when I try to view PDFs( on Mac ) I only see a white page...
>>> 
>>> Anyone got a clue to what could be wrong?
>>> 
>>> I have tried these without success:
>>> ---
>>> FireFox
>>> wInternet Eggsplorer
>>> Safari
>>> 
>>> But this works with a commercial plug-in
>>> ---
>>> Safari w/PDF Browser Plugin
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