Question

I’m trying to get a pdf file to display a pdf document in my aspx page with an iframe. I’m using the following code:

<iframe runat="server" id="testpdf" src="http://localhost:1114/pdfs/3211LD.pdf">
</iframe>

When I run the project, I just get an empty frame. However, when I paste the src (http://localhost:1114/pdfs/3211LD.pdf) into the address bar of a browser, it asks me to run/save the file. So I know my virtual directory is set up right.

So why won’t it display in an iframe? Is there something wrong with my code?

Thanks,
Jason

Answer 1

Youd be better of with an aspx page binary writing the pdf…

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        'Set the appropriate ContentType.
        Response.ContentType = "Application/pdf"
        'Get the physical path to the file.
        Dim FilePath As String = MapPath("acrobat.pdf")
        'Write the file directly to the HTTP output stream.
        Response.WriteFile(FilePath)
        Response.End()
End Sub