send_file - PDF

[pete]

Hi-

I'd like to load a PDF file into a page, in my controller:

send_file "/path to/my.pdf", :disposition => "inline"

However, instead of rendering inline, it asks to download the file.

How can I display the contents without downloading?

Thanks!

[Peter De Berdt]

As far as I know, this is a browser preference. In Safari, they will show in the browser, unless the user has disabled it using:

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES

On Windows, it largely depends on whether the Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed and configured to load it into the browser.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

[pete]

Hmm, I'll look at that.

Do I need to do anything in the view?

[pete]

I don't see any preferences in Mozilla in terms of how to render a PDF
file. Could it be related to anything else?