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Is there any way to make a PDF savable from inside the browser?

Answer 1

A:

<body>
    <div style="height:80px">
        <p><a href="downloadpdf.aspx" target="_blank">Save</a>
    </div>
    <div>
         <iframe width="100%" height="100%" src="pdfname.pdf" />
    </div>
</body>

On downloadpdf.aspx's page load event,add:

Response.AddHeader("content-disposition","attachment; filename=pdfname.pdf")
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf"
Server.Transfer("pdfname.pdf")

Untested, but should give you an idea...

Shawn Simon 2009-01-05 19:52:06

I am making changes to the PDF and saving the pdf. I am not changing its name or making a copy of it. Sorry. I may not understand your solution.

johnny 2009-01-05 20:07:35

How exactly are you editing a PDF?

Kyralessa 2009-01-05 20:08:28

With Adode Professional 7.1.0.

johnny 2009-01-05 20:21:05

for example, I have to add a signature. The pdf has a signature line. I sign it. I click save. Can't save it if in the browser. There's something with the way adobe sees the url even it is using the UNC that isn't "normal" like when using the full app.

johnny 2009-01-05 22:26:26

Saving it to where ?

Shawn Simon 2009-01-06 03:46:16

back to the server where it was loaded from via the unc. It has the iframe src=someunc that's the same path to save from.

johnny 2009-01-06 14:22:22

Answer 2

A:

Saving a PDF in your browser (through File-Save As in IE etc) or Save A Copy in the Adobe system will always prompt you to save it locally. You could navigate manually to your UNC path, but this is browser behaviour, not server behaviour.

ck 2009-01-06 22:46:19

But I am using a local unc already. Why can't I just hit save?

johnny 2009-01-06 23:46:15

Answer 3

+2 A:

When you open a file via a web browser the web browser downloads the file locally, then sends a local file path to the application that opens it. Even in the case you are using a UNC in your href Adobe does not get that UNC path to save back to, it is getting a local machine path. Keep in mind the browser does the same thing even if the UNC is a local machine path.

I don't think that the behavior you want is possible.

Darryl Braaten 2009-01-08 19:36:19

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