Make PDF display inline instead of separate Acrobat Reader window

Question

I\'ve got an ASP.NET ashx class that retrieves data from a database, creates a PDF file using iTextSharp, and streams the PDF to the browser. The browser (IE and Firefox at

Answer 1

Try generating them into your page using html OBJECT.

<OBJECT WIDTH=640 HEIGHT=480>
    <PARAM NAME="SRC" VALUE="<%=filePath%>"> 
    <EMBED SRC=<%=filename.pdf%> WIDTH=1000 HEIGHT=680> 
        <NOEMBED> PDF should have displayed here!</NOEMBED> 
        </EMBED>
</OBJECT>

If you need to stream the response with an ashx instead of being able to return an aspx, I think you may be out of luck.

Otherwise, I believe the settings to show in browser or not, is completely client driven and out of your hands.

Answer 2

So, I have a sample in one of my works that is what you need:

<cc1:ShowPdf ID="ShowPdf1" runat="server" BorderStyle="None"  BorderWidth="0px"
        Height="750px" Style="z-index: 103; "
        Width="750px"/>

and in server side :

  ShowPdf1.FilePath = String.Format("~/Handlers/Pdf.ashx?id={0}#view=FitH&page=1&pagemode=none&navpanes=1", myPublicationId);

I place here also some code from my PDF Handler :

Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
    byte[] bytes = YourBinaryContent;

    using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(context.Response.OutputStream))
    {
        writer.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
    }

Anyway If my post doesn't seem clear to you, have a look at this sample How to Display PDF documents with ASP.NET