Dreamweaver and PDF's

I wanted to find out how to put a PDF into a dreamweaver document so when people open up a link there is a pdf magazine?

You can link it just like any other file i.e. <a href="whatever.pdf">Magazine</a>

wil that download it or open up the file into a browser window...because I want it to open up in a browser window

You would have to convert the PDF to HTML for that to happen, otherwise it's just going to download the file.

It depends on the browser, and the settings on the user's local machine.

Most people who visit your site will probably have it open up in a browser, via the acrobat plug-in.

Thats true, I forgot about IE being able to make it look like its in a browser.

I use Opera so much I forget the capabilities of IE

almost anyway you go it will open up acrobat...

if they have it download then they will have to open it to view it...it wont be on the page itself this way

you can make an Iframe in you html page and have it open in there...adobe will still have ot load though to view it

perhaps the best solution is a new technology called FlashPaper by Macromedia...basically you convert a document a PDF for example into a flash movie...(*.swf file)

so flash enabled browsers need no further plugins nor does adobe acrobat get prompted to open or load...

FlashPaper is typically smaller in size then the PDF so it will load faster anyway

its also crystal clear and can be zoomed in on as wit all flash documents...vector based i believe

check it out

rock on!!

it is debatable.. but if anything can be labelled as a 'new technology', it is rarely the best solution. One of your main goals in web design should be accessibility.

perhaps...never said it was the "best" solution

is it new. well sorta. FlashPaper is new in that you can now very easily convert documents (word docs, excel files, pdfs, etc.) essentially into a flash movie (*.swf file) - which we all know is a very well established method of digital media on the web today

just a cool little solution to having your information displayed on the web page as the author requested with out requiring people to download acrobat reader

thanks for your comments

rock on!!