XpdfViewer in Internet Explorer
The XpdfViewer control can be placed on web pages that are viewed with Internet Explorer. The basic instantiation looks like this:<object
id="pdf1"
classid="CLSID:4971A1E0-2254-11D7-BD2E-08004608C318"
width="600"
height="400"
>
<param name="src" value="http://www.some.where/abc.pdf">
</object>
The optional src
parameter tells the XpdfViewer object to
immediately load and display a PDF file. The src value can be any URL,
including a "file:" URL to specify a file on the local disk.
Most of the methods and properties described in this manual can be
accessed with JavaScript (or VBScript). For example, the following
HTML and JavaScript create a button which loads a PDF file into the
viewer object defined above:
<script language="JavaScript">
function loadPDF(fileName) {
pdf1.loadFile(fileName);
}
</script>
<form>
<input type="button" value="load test.pdf"
onclick="loadPDF('c:\\test.pdf');">
</form>
Note that other browsers (Firefox, Chrome) do not support ActiveX controls - XpdfViewer will only work in IE.