When I tried that, I got a nasty message about a corrupt file :-( Regards, Richard Schuh
> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:18 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: PDFs > > On Friday, 04/10/2009 at 12:12 EDT, "Schuh, Richard" <rsc...@visa.com> > wrote: > > What does it take to get a PDF from a CMS file to a > successful browser > display? > > We are, for now, using WEBSHARE. We get a message telling > us that the > file does > > not start with "%PDF-"; however, all files I have tried do > begin with > those > > ASCII characters. We have tried files created by TXT2PDF and ones > created by > > other PDF creators. All display properly when copied to a PC and > > opened directly with Adobe Reader. > > > > I have tried various settings, including removing the entry > for pdf, > > in > the web > > server's CONFIG file, all to no avail. > > > > Note: MS Office files, DOC, XLS and PPT, all work and the > PC's default > for the > > PDF extension is Acrobat Reader 8. > > I would guess that something needs to tell WEBSHARE that PDF > files are binary (it appears to be correctly setting the MIME > type to application/pdf). > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott >
