# How to open Pdf or doc file in firefox **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 25, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-open-pdf-or-doc-file-in-firefox/185744 "2010-03-25T14:17:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hemantborole](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@hemantborole](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemantborole)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-open-pdf-or-doc-file-in-firefox/185744/1 "2010-03-25T14:17:17Z")
Hello champs, Currently i have given a link to my document as like:- ‘/controller/action/holidaylist.xls’ and i have placed this file in my own created directory ‘ABC’ at RAILS\_ROOT only. And in my controller, i have written like:- send\_data(File.read("#{RAILS\_ROOT}/ABC/" + file\_name), :file\_name =\> file\_name :disposition =\> “inline”) Now whenever i clicked it, my firefox browser prompts a window to open it. That is something i do not want. I want to view it in browser only… Can someone light me some direction over it so that i can move forward … ? ---
**Author:** ![hemantborole](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@hemantborole](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemantborole)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-open-pdf-or-doc-file-in-firefox/185744/2 "2010-03-25T14:37:57Z")
On 25 March 2010 13:17, Hemant B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ``` > :disposition => "inline") > > ``` > > Now whenever i clicked it, my firefox browser prompts a window to open > it. That is something i do not want. I want to view it in browser only… > > Can someone light me some direction over it so that i can move forward In the prompt window in FF there should be a checkbox ‘Do this automatically for files like this from now on’ or something similar. Check that and the file should open without prompting. Colin ---
**Author:** ![hemantborole](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@hemantborole](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemantborole)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-open-pdf-or-doc-file-in-firefox/185744/3 "2010-03-25T16:32:31Z")
Colin L. wrote: > On 25 March 2010 13:17, Hemant B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > � � � � � �:disposition =\> “inline”) Hello colin, Thanks for a quick reply. But i do not want this to be happen in my firefox only. I want this to be happen in every application which are using my application… Hope you got me right… And yes i got to know that there are so many ways with which you can configure this on your machine only. ---
**Author:** ![hemantborole](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@hemantborole](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemantborole)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-open-pdf-or-doc-file-in-firefox/185744/4 "2010-03-25T19:24:56Z")
Colin is right. After googling it ( [firefox view pdf in browser - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?q=firefox+view+pdf+in+browser)) found the following page: [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/opening+PDF+files+within+Firefox](http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/opening+PDF+files+within+Firefox) . /Lasse 2010/3/25 Colin L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![hemantborole](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@hemantborole](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemantborole)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-open-pdf-or-doc-file-in-firefox/185744/5 "2010-03-25T16:43:15Z")
On 25 March 2010 15:32, Hemant B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hope you got me right… > And yes i got to know that there are so many ways with which you can > configure this on your machine only. As far as I know this cannot be done. All you can do is to send the pdf file. It is up to the browser to decide what to do with it. I may be wrong though. Colin