> Well, as I've already said, you won't be able to show the PDF 
> in a thickbox, because the OS/browser will catch the link and 
> try to open it using the default action set in the browser or 
> OS, and there's nothing that you can do to override it. If no 
> default action is set, then you -might- be able to open it in 
> the browser. But let's be honest, the percentage of users 
> without a PDF reader is pretty small (probably the same 
> percentage as those browsing the web on an Amiga 1200. :-)
> 
> As far as I know, there is no ability to read PDF's inline 
> like you're trying to do, and trying to force PDFs to open in 
> a small window just isn't practical, and users won't like it 
> if you force it upon them.

If you can load HTML into the thickbox, you can easily load a PDF file.
Simply use an iframe or object tag. For some examples:

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=pdf+iframe

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=pdf+%22object+tag%22

-Mike


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