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Monster
Monster

Reputation: 189

Open pdf in new tab (FireFox and IE 8) using EXTJS, JAVASCRIPT

I'm using EXTJS, i have a link, which is used to open a PDF file. The problem is that the pdf is not opened in the navigator, but it's downloaded ! The code i'm using is the following (which i found in stack ! )

var win = window.open(url, '_blank');

win.focus();

what i'm messing ?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2408

Answers (2)

kmihingo
kmihingo

Reputation: 384

Sample code of what I used:

{
xtype: 'button',
html: '<p class = "i-custom-right-menu-items-text">'+'Download Application 
       form'+'</p>',
cls: 'i-custom-right-menu-buttons',
width: '80%',
padding: '2 0 0 10',
iconCls: 'd-ball-modal-right-menu crtmenu',
handler: function () {
    window.open('./resources/MYPDF.pdf', '_blank');}
}

Upvotes: 1

Saki
Saki

Reputation: 5856

Browser decides whether to open the file or show it inline (in the new tab) depending on received HTTP headers.

To download, server sends this header:

Content-Disposition: Attachment; filename="somefile.pdf"

To show inline, server sends this header:

Content-Disposition: Inline

Upvotes: 4

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