# File preview in Rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-preview-in-rails/193921>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 26, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-preview-in-rails/193921 "2010-08-26T16:57:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![matte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@matte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/matte)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-preview-in-rails/193921/1 "2010-08-26T16:57:48Z")

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Hello guys,

I’m developing my first Rails real application on my own. I’m facing  
this problem: I would like to show a preview of files inside a page,  
the kind of files I want to show can vary from image files (ong, jpeg,  
gif, ttf ecc) to text-like files (rtf, doc, txt, pdf, ppt ecc). How  
can I do that with rails? Any help would be really appreciated! Thank  
you in advance.

Regards

Matte

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**Author:** ![matte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@matte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/matte)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-preview-in-rails/193921/2 "2010-08-26T17:11:16Z")

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Look this article

[http://www.creativewebspecialist.co.uk/2007/10/30/file-type-icons-on-links-using-css-revisited-using-jquery.aspx](http://www.creativewebspecialist.co.uk/2007/10/30/file-type-icons-on-links-using-css-revisited-using-jquery.aspx)

2010/8/26 Matte [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

> [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en).

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