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Asked: 2026-05-17T19:29:42+00:00

I need to redirect requests for PDFs to an html page that shows the

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I need to redirect requests for PDFs to an html page that shows the requested pdf in a frame/iframe

My fear is that some browsers (at least IE used to do this) will hand over the request to Acrobat reader. I can imagine that Acrobat will not be too happy with an html page instead of application/pdf

Thanks for any information you might have on this. I will have access to a server where I can serve the html when a pdf is requested in the near future, but perhaps someone can already save me the trouble

Michel

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  1. Editorial Team

    If your reponse is 200 OK and you have a Content-Type: application/pdf then the display for the page, frame or iframe will get handed over to the PDF plugin.

    Otherwise, e.g. if you do a redirect, then IE will handle the redirect.

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