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Gary2112
Gary2112

Reputation: 11

Embedding PDF in an MVC view from binary data

My issue is I'm currently receiving from a web service response a string that is the binary data of a PDF file. I need to display this PDF file embedded in an MVC view. I'm using C#.

Any pointers are appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7034

Answers (2)

user2378769
user2378769

Reputation: 309

HTML5 has added the embed tag which allows a variety of rich content to be embedded into the page as follows:<embed src="your file path here" type="application/pdf" />

Upvotes: 0

Ulises
Ulises

Reputation: 13419

You can just return it using File. Something like this:

public ActionResult ShowPDF()
{
  byte[] pdf = myService.GetPDF();
  return File(pdf, "application/pdf");      
}

UPDATE

Create a page containing a iframe element and set the src attribute to point to your view that renders the PDF file. Here is an example taken from here

<iframe src="ShowPDF" width="100%" style="height:20em">

 [Your browser does <em>not</em> support <code>iframe</code>,
 or has been configured not to display inline frames.
 You can access <a href="ShowPDF">the document</a>
 via a link though.]

</iframe>

Upvotes: 1

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