How to create link to download pdf html

Here's how it's done:. Step 2. Step 3. In the "Link" dialog window that opens up, pick "Open a File" as your option and click the "…" to choose the PDF file on your computer. You can also control several attributes of the link, such as the type of link to be displayed, its style, color, etc. Step 4. Hit "OK" and the job is done. You can now re-position your link and get it where you want it to be shown. Don't forget to save the file when you're done.

Buy PDFelement right now! In a Ruby on Rails application especially with something like the Prawn gem and the Prawnto Rails plugin , you can accomplish this a little more simply than a full on script like the previous PHP example. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams?

Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Ask Question. Asked 12 years, 11 months ago. Active 1 year ago. Viewed k times. If the Adobe Acrobat is not installed then it pop-up to the user for Downloading the file. Please tell me how i can do this? Rob W k 76 76 gold badges silver badges bronze badges.

Prashant Prashant Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Martin Gottweis 2, 11 11 silver badges 26 26 bronze badges. This is a simple solution but unfortunately not very widely supported, esp. Yep, I know right. That's why I have the side-note on compatibility. And according to your source both IE and Safari don't support this approach, or at least not yet : Anyhow, if you want all browsers to force download I suggest checking some of the other answers instead The solution is easy but unfortunately not supported in IE and Safari.

Instead of linking to the. TravisO TravisO 9, 4 4 gold badges 34 34 silver badges 44 44 bronze badges. Please don't make up headers and send them. Could you update your answer. Be careful when using this code verbatim, though. This code is likely dangerous in another way. Could be used by an attacker to attempt to scan your internal network for exposed PDF files. Not to mention how easy it would be to bypass any "sanity checks" you think you'll be doing to the "file" parameter.

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