How to open a PDF file in an <iframe>?

Asked 2012-10-19T12:15:10.403

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I want to open the pdf file in an iframe. I am using following code:

<a class="iframeLink" href="https://something.com/HTC_One_XL_User_Guide.pdf"> User guide </a>

It is opening fine in Firefox, but it is not opening in IE8.

Does anyone know how to make it work also for IE ?

javascript html pdf iframe browser

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This is the code to link an HTTP(S) accessible PDF from an <iframe>:

<iframe src="https://research.google.com/pubs/archive/44678.pdf"
   width="800" height="600">

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/cEuZ3/1545/

EDIT: and you can use Javascript, from the <a> tag (onclick event) to set iFrame' SRC attribute at run-time...

EDIT 2: Apparently, it is a bug (but there are workarounds):

PDF files do not open in Internet Explorer with Adobe Reader 10.0 - users get an empty gray screen. How can I fix this for my users?

answered 2012-10-19T12:25:41.797

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