PDFs in object tags have numerous problems and the widespread consensus is generally not to use such things.
PDFs in iframes are possible (https://secure.marketech.us/php/framedemo/), and I might just retract what I said earlier if I can get a PDF to open in a thickbox iframe. Michael Geary wrote: > >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/ThickBox-in-Filemanager-tf2455670.html#a6871575 Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
