Download and view PDF on an iPhone

[Tim Kiebert]

Re: Download and view PDF on an iPhone

I would say

? file.from_blob(PDFFile)

should be

? file.to_blob(PDFFile)

[WendyWelton]

Re: Download and view PDF on an iPhone

Peter! Thank you so much. I would never even have known what was supposed to work or not! (PS, Friday is baking day... ;-))

[Peter.Greulich]

Re: Download and view PDF on an iPhone

And if I do this:

<%a5
dim bb as b
dim PDFFile as c = "C:\Documents and Settings\PG\My Documents\text\Alpha\AlphaFiveProjectDevelopmentGuidelines.pdf"
Response.MIME_Type = "application/pdf"
? file.from_blob(PDFFile,bb)
%>

I get "File does not begin with '%PDF-'"

[Peter.Greulich]

Re: Download and view PDF on an iPhone

<%a5
dim PDFFile as c = "c:\path\to\your.pdf"
Response.MIME_Type = "application/pdf"
? file.from_blob(PDFFile)
%>

Lenny,

That doesn't work for me. Here is my code:

<%a5
dim PDFFile as c = "C:\Documents and Settings\PG\My Documents\text\Alpha\AlphaFiveProjectDevelopmentGuidelines.pdf"
Response.MIME_Type = "application/pdf"
? file.from_blob(PDFFile)
%>

Here is what I get as a page error:

500 Internal Server Error
"Script Error
Error:Script: /AlphaBase/pDF_Test.a5w line:13
? file.from_blob(PDFFile)
The number of arguments or the type of one or more arguments do not match any existing function."

[WendyWelton]

Re: Download and view PDF on an iPhone

btw - THRILLED to see there's a way. Thanks not just a little, but a whole lot.

[WendyWelton]

Re: Download and view PDF on an iPhone

Thanks!

I'm still quite the newbie. I would use this in a custom field? I can do more research on exactly how to implement if I have a wee bit of a shove in the right direction.

Oh - and "application" will be the name of my application, I assume? That's not a special word in A5?

[Lenny Forziati]

Re: Download and view PDF on an iPhone

<%a5
dim PDFFile as c = "c:\path\to\your.pdf"
Response.MIME_Type = "application/pdf"
? file.to_blob(PDFFile)
%>

[WendyWelton]

Re: Dynamic PDF web page from referenced field in A5?

Hmmmm - or is there a way to put a button on a grid that attaches the PDF that's referenced in a field to an email?

My users can open and view a PDF that's in an email.

[WendyWelton]

Dynamic PDF web page from referenced field in A5?

I have a table with a field for referenced PDF files. My clients need to be able to view that PDF on an iPhone. (Download File works perfectly on a computer, but not on an iPhone). Is there a way to dynamically create a PDF web page using that field/PDF file in A5?

Here's the kind of page that's the goal:

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/document...d/handbook.pdf

[WendyWelton]

Re: Download and view PDF on an iPhone

Hmmmm - the sound of crickets....

I think this can't be done via File Download, but - a PDF page like this can be displayed on an iPhone - http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/document...ewdcd/handbook. So, I'm going to start a new thread and ask a different question.

[WendyWelton]

Re: Download and view PDF on an iPhone

btw - I think the fly in the ointment is that it asks if you want to save or open, and then asks what program to open it with. You don't actually save a file on an iPhone, so I think it's stopping when that dialogue doesn't get answered. So, maybe there's a way to have that just default to Open and to however an iPhone views a PDF? But are those settings in the browser, not A5?

I'm told that on an iPhone you can both view a PDF from a web site and forward it on via email - which is what my builders need to do.

[WendyWelton]

Does anybody know how to set up a grid so a linked PDF file can be opened and viewed on an iPhone?

Download File (through the feature pack) works beautifully on a regular computer - PDF downloads, it asks what software to use to open, life is great. On an iPhone however, nothing happens when that button is pushed, so I know I need to do something else. An iPhone will view a PDF from a web site.

I'm DBF. It's a referenced file that I uploaded via the Upload File feature pack. I've saved the file name as "<ShortFilename>" combined with [PathAlias.ADB_Path]\PDF to put it in the right place - in the field Cd_pdf. Using those same setting on the Download File button, works just great there (except the iPhone problem).

I've watched all the Download File feature pack videos - not finding anything there.

I tried doing a hyperlink, but that wants to open a page.

I'm thinking this will be one of those things where I see the answer and think "doh, I knew that", but at the moment, I actually don't!