Getting PDF to stay in an embedded <object> or <iframe>

Question

I've edited this quite a bit and bolded my question at this point. I realize that PDF won't be fully controllable in the browser, but that's not my issue here. My problem is, well, below in bold.

<div>
    <object 
     data="${pageContext.request.contextPath}/UB04.xml" 
     type="application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml" 
     width="415" height="500"/>
</div>

The XML is actually an XDP file; it gives dynamic data and a URL for a static PDF, and combines them in Adobe Reader. This displays in the browser as desired if it's a PDF, but when put in as an XDP, it takes control of the window and opens itself fullscreen to display the PDF. Serving an all-in-one XDP (with the PDF embedded as base64) has the same issue.

Help me make the XDP behave the same as a PDF?

Alternatively, if I can use iText to glue together the XDP XML and the static PDF template, I can serve the PDF directly, which seems to work just fine. Just not sure how to create PDF that route, which is somewhat underwhelmingly documented online.

Answer 1

This behavior is dictated by the user agent (client), and that is how it should remain. Sorry.

Answer 2

What you are looking for is called Adobe Flashpaper: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/examples/

Otherwise you cannot dictate how the user will view the PDF.

Answer 3

One possible solution: use iText to join the data into the PDF, skipping XDP entirely.