Cool - ta. On 19 Jun 2013, at 00:29, Terry Judd <terry.j...@unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> OK - for this to work the PDF has to be stored online - it doesn't appear to > work with local (file) urls. > > Anyway, all you need to do is construct a URL based on the URL for your PDF > and the correct Google Docs URL. Something like this... > > put "http://mydomain.com/myfile.pdf"; into tPDF > put ("http://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url="&tPDF) into tURL > > ...then set the URL of the browser control. > > The result isn't perfect, and the download link that is included on the > displayed page won't work, but at least you can view the contents of the PDF. > > Terry... > > > On 18/06/2013, at 10:49 PM, Terry Judd wrote: > >> Hi Paul - it's not ideal, but you can hand the PDF off to Google Docs, which >> will render it in a browser compatible format. I don't have the url handy >> but will post it when I'm back at work tomorrow. >> >> Terry... >> >> On 18/06/2013, at 10:16 PM, "Paul Maguire" <m...@paulmaguire.me> wrote: >> >>> Hi all. >>> >>> My porting to Android saga continues - last chapter... >>> >>> I've just identified that PDFs cannot be loaded into the browser native >>> control in Android. This breaks my app quite badly. I see there is a >>> workaround to: >>> >>> launch URL http://blah.com/someFile.pdf >>> >>> ... but this is going to cause the app to quit is it not? >>> >>> I'm a total Android hater at the moment. Anybody got any ideas on how to >>> best proceed? >>> >>> Kind regards, Paul. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > Dr Terry Judd > Senior Lecturer in Medical Education > Medical Eduction Unit > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences > The University of Melbourne > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
