I have a basic html code to preview some pdf
<iframe src="file.pdf" />
But from time to time, should depend on the user browser config the file is downloaded and nothing is displayed in the preview. Is there any way to force the preview ?
I also tried
<object data="file.pdf" type="application/pdf">
<embed src="file.pdf" type="application/pdf" />
</object>
But not compatible on all browser
This is the older way of doing it. Now these methods have started to be deprecated.
Few methods by which you can implement this is:
Google Docs Embed
You can upload the file on google docs and get the embed link from the share option and embed it into the site using iframe.
Pdf.js
This is a library in javascript that helps in dealing with pdf files.
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I want to display my PDF files on my web page.
This is my code which works perfectly my computers browser but id does not display in mobile's chrome shows the message
plugin not supported
this is my code
<embed src="http://health.ntuh.gov.tw/health/NTUH_e_Net/NTUH_e_Net_no91/%E7%99%8C%E7%97%87%E7%AF%A9%E6%AA%A2.pdf" type="application/pdf" />
You can use Google Drive PDF viewer with Object data
ex.
<object data="https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?embedded=true&url=http://health.ntuh.gov.tw/health/NTUH_e_Net/NTUH_e_Net_no91/%E7%99%8C%E7%97%87%E7%AF%A9%E6%AA%A2.pdf" type="application/pdf">
<embed src="https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?embedded=true&url=http://health.ntuh.gov.tw/health/NTUH_e_Net/NTUH_e_Net_no91/%E7%99%8C%E7%97%87%E7%AF%A9%E6%AA%A2.pdf" type='application/pdf'>
</object>
PDF must be a download to browsing device So Some browsers can display with their pdf extension and some may not have such a pdf extender.
Users can set their own PDF preferences like display or not display after download or use a different PDF extender.
Embed is not the preferred method for serving a PDF, the most preferred method is text or a thumbnail cover / image icon with <a href=file.pdf download> click to download whole file</a> this reduces the load on the server (reduced cost like Amazon / book sites)
 
2nd best is one iFrame on a page Below on Right (more than one means multiple downloads.)
Finally an Embed (Object is a method to be avoided as now depreciating / not good) See your Embed in an Object Above Left
I'm using php, I'm creating a detailed view page of a profile, which has a pdf document, I use the embed tag to display it, but when opened it does not display the pdf file and Automatically download the file. Therefore the user can not see the pdf file displayed.
<embed src="/vh/assets/image/java.pdf" type="application/pdf" width="500" height="500"/>
Is there a way to solve this problem?
PDF documents are not supported as a src in the HTML <embed> tag.
You can get around this issue by using the Google Chrome PDF viewer as the embed `src.
<embed
src="https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?embedded=true&url=http://yourdomain.com/vh/assets/image/java.pdf"
width="500"
height="500"
/>
Note that your url in the src cannot be relative /vh/assets/image/java.pdf, it must be the full url http://yourdomain.com/vh/assets/image/java.pdf.
There also exist some third party libaries such as PDF.JS.
You can refer to w3schools embed tag,It is an html single tag,I can display pdf normally in chrome and firefox.Maybe you can check if your src is correct.
You can try below snippet #toolbar=0 helps disabling the options
<embed id="myObject1" src="file:///C:/Downloads/OoPdfFormExample.pdf#toolbar=0" type="application/pdf" width="1000px" height="600px">
This will disable download, print and other option of pdf viewer on browser
I am trying to embed a PDF in an HTML document, but this seems to work only with Chrome. Other browsers appear to either require plugins or require a user to click a link which is not what I want. Here is what I have tried:
<object data="pdfFiles/interfaces.pdf" type="application/pdf">
<embed src=" pdfFiles/interfaces.pdf" type="application/pdf"> </embed>
alt :<a href="pdfFiles/interfaces.pdf">
</object>
Here is the code you can use for every browser:
<embed src="pdfFiles/interfaces.pdf" width="600" height="500" alt="pdf" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html">
Tested on firefox and chrome
<iframe src="http://docs.google.com/gview?url=http://example.com/pdf.pdf&embedded=true"
style="width:600px; height:500px;" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Google docs allows you to embed PDFs, Microsoft Office Docs, and other applications by just linking to their services with an iframe. Its user-friendly, versatile, and attractive.
This works perfectly and this is official html5.
<object data="https://link-to-pdf"></object>
do you know about http://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/ it is a project by mozila to render pdf inside of your html using canvas. it is super simple to use.
I recommend using PDFObject for PDF plugin detection.
This will only allow you to display alternate content if the user's browser isn't capable of displaying the PDF directly though. For example, the PDF will display fine in Chrome for most users, but they will need a plugin like Adobe Reader installed if they're using Firefox or Internet Explorer.
At least PDFObject will allow you to display a message with a link to download Adobe Reader and/or the PDF file itself if their browser doesn't already have a PDF plugin installed.
FlexPaper is probably still the best viewer out there to be used for this kind of stuff. It has a traditional viewer and a more turn page / flip book style viewer both in flash and html5
http://flexpaper.devaldi.com
Is there any way to embed a PowerPoint slide show in an HTML page using just the standard tags etc? I tried using a iframe, but that just results in the PowerPoint being downloaded.
<iframe src="Chapter1.pptx">Your browser does not support.</iframe>
I am looking for a way to show the slide show using only standard stuff. I realize I could use google docs or flash or something, but I'd rather have a simple implementation.
Does the web just not know how to process a PowerPoint presentation?
Plain and simple...this is the best method to embed any Microsoft or Adobe file into a HTML website.
<iframe src='https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/embed.aspx?src=[https://www.your_website/file_name.pptx]' width='100%' height='600px' frameborder='0'>
Just to update this question - as there is a new way to embed Powerpoints in a web page. If you have an account on OneDrive, do the following using Powerpoint Online (accessing Powerpoint via the browser) to embed a Powerpoint:
Click 'File', then 'Share', then 'Embed'
Click the 'Generate' button to generate HTML code to be embedded
Copy the 'Embed Code' and paste it in the HTML of a website
Web browsers don't understand power point, but there are solutions besides Flash.
You could export it to HTML or a PDF. Or you could also upload to site like slideshare and make use of their players which are built for this problem.
I have decided to take a hack route and upload the powerpoint onto YouTube and then just include the youtube video in the iframe.
<iframe height="375" width="600" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/assignedId"></iframe>
I know, it's cheap, but it's also easy.
EDIT
I eventually checked my page as XHTML Strict, which does not support the <iframe> tag. So I used the object tag instead.
<object data="http://www.youtube.com/embed/assignedId">
I tried answer posted by Shane, which looks exactly right and how MS used to have PPT viewing online earlier but it didn't worked for me. After doing some research I found out that the link has changed a bit.
So use:
https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx instead of https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/embed.aspx
Example:
<iframe src='https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=[https://www.your_website/file_name.pptx]' width='100%' height='600px' frameborder='0'>
Note: Link to PPT need to be publicly accessible.
Use Microsoft skydrive, upload your power point to this site and use this code
where
http://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=20f065afc1acdb2e&page=view&resid=20F065AFC1ACDB2E!723&parid=20F065AFC1ACDB2E!719 is the URL of the powerpoint file.
You have to replace SD20F065AFC1ACDB2E!723 for your own string of the corresponding URL
Upload a PowerPoint document on your Google Drive and then 'Share' it with everyone (make it public):
Sharing your pptx doc
Then, go to File > Publish to the web > hit the publish button.
Go to Embed and copy the embed code and paste it to your web page
Copy embed code
Works Best for me.
Goto MS View Office Documents Online Page
Enter link to PPT file
Note: This link should be publicly Accessible
Click on Create URL.
Link to view office documents online will be generated.
Paste this link to any webpage or as iframe src attribute.
You are all set!! :)
If you are using Google slides you could easily publish it on the web and also embed the slide in an iframe.
Go to google slides -> file-> sharing -> embed and copy the code
and then in your HTML file use the below code to show slides in fullscreen mode.
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/journey.css">
</head>
<body>
<!-- show slides in html web page -->
<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PAxxxxxCX-xxxxxxxx-_GuZImZqRUxxxxxxxxxx/embed?start=true&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="1440" height="839" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>
</body>
</html>
why not use prezi, I just use it in my work, very easy and useful.
I was able to do this by saving the PPT as an mp4 (Save As > MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)) and then using the video tag.
<video controls autoplay preload="none" style="width:1000px;">
<source src="/_dev/power_point/m11983.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
<p>Your browser does not support HTML5 Video.</p>
</video>
I want to display the contents of PDF file in a webpage. I don't want the browser to download when the user clicks.
Use the Google PDF Viewer:
<iframe src="http://docs.google.com/gview?url=URL_TO_YOUR_PDF&embedded=true" style="width:600px; height:500px;" frameborder="0"></iframe>
You could embed the adobe acrobat plugin inside your markup. Of course the user must have installed some the appropriate plugin in his browser for this to work. Another possibility is to set your server side script to send proper HTTP headers to instruct the browser embedding the file.
You aren't going to be able to control the browser config from the server side. Some people's browsers will be configured to show PDFs inline, and others won't.
What you can do (reading this as a programming question) is to convert the PDF to HTML and deliver the results. Apache PDFBox might prove useful for such an effort.
Use an <iframe>.
<iframe src="/url/to/file.pdf" width="500" height="300"></iframe>
Or an <object> when you're actually using XHTML.
<object data="/url/to/file.pdf" type="application/pdf" width="500" height="300">
alt : file.pdf
</object>
Note that the above is not supported by the ancient browsers, the above construct would let them degrade gracefully to a plain vanilla link.