Re: opening a pdf file in a new window

Mamie,
I disabled the web browser through Acrobat Readers preferences and now the
PDF files open fine although it is not through the browser.  It just opens
the file through the program.

Thanks!
Juliana

----- Original Message -----
From: Mamie <seller(at)sellerdoor.com>
To: <juliana(at)graphmaster.com>
Cc: 'Niall Kennedy' <nkennedy(at)rcgp-scotland.org.uk>; 'Hwg Techniques
(E-mail)' <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: opening a pdf file in a new window


> Juliana, the only way I've been able to get this to work is to have
Acrobat
> Reader already opened and running in the background and then accessing the
file
> direct with full path, e.g., C:\documentname.pdf.
>
> In the original message, On Behalf of Niall Kennedy, please remember that
> Windows handles / as a special instruction (directory), so try renaming
the
> document without using / \ or :  I might always suggest that you put the
full
> path of the document into your A HREF instruction.  Good luck everybody!
>
> Juliana Halvorson wrote:
>
> > I would be curious to see if anyone has an answer to this.  I have been
> > having the same problems with PDF's.  If I save the target file to my
hard
> > drive, it opens fine.  But, if I click on the link to open, all I get is
a
> > blank page.  The file type is set to open with Acrobat Reader and
actually,
> > the reader loads, but just with a blank page.
> > Juliana
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Niall Kennedy
> > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 4:15 AM
> > To: Hwg Techniques (E-mail)
> > Subject: opening a pdf file in a new window
> >
> > I'm trying to link to a PDF document and in doing so open a new browser
> > window to display the PDF. I am using the following code
> >
> > <a HREF="pdf/8.pdf" TITLE="This will open a new browser window - close
it to
> > return to SIGNet" target="_new">Obesity</a>
> >
> > On the live site this works as intended. However, I am intending showing
a
> > demo of the site at a meeting today and require to show a local version
of
> > the site. Using IE5 the local version opens a new window put does not
load
> > up the required PDF file. I'm at a loss to explain this.
> >
> > Does anyone have any thoughts? Please contact me directly as I'm on the
> > digest version of the list.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Niall Kennedy
>
>

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