Question

I am embedding a pdf document on a HTML5 page using a code similar with:

<div style="background: transparent url(loading.gif) no-repeat">
    <object height="1250px" width="100%" type="application/pdf" data="aaa.pdf">
       <param value="aaa.pdf" name="src"/>
       <param value="transparent" name="wmode"/>
    </object>
</div>

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At some moment in time I would want to reload the embeded pdf file without reloading the entire page. How can this be made?

Answer 1

You could use javascript to rewrite the innerHTML of the containing div. So give it an id and then when you decide to reload reassign the contents of this div:

$('#pdf').html('<object height="1250px" ......</object>');