Pdf render inline .... update 'main' div

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1

Hi,
I want to keep the layout and just to a link_to_remote to update the
div id ‘main’

Using this in the controller action
send_file “public/pdf/my.pdf”, :type => ‘application/pdf’, :disposition
=> ‘inline’, :stream => false

I get this.
The raw pdf code sent replacing the main div with :
%PDF-1.4 %ÿýÿýÿýÿý 2221 0 obj <> endobj
xref 2221 35 0000000016 00000 n
0000002153 00000 n 0000000996 00000
n 0000002322 00000 n 0000002802
00000 n 0000002914 00000 n
0000003055 00000 n 0000003191 00000
n 0000003329 00000 n 0000003443
00000 n 0000004101 00000 n
0000004129 00000 n 0000004157 00000
n 0000004780 00000 n 0000005171
00000 n 0000005199 00000 n
0000005959 00000 n 0000006629 00000
n 0000007349 00000 n
etc etc etc

Any clues?
Thanks
Bruce

2

On Apr 27, 2006, at 3:38 PM, bruce davison wrote:

%PDF-1.4 %ÿýÿýÿýÿý 2221 0 obj <> endobj xref 2221 35 0000000016
00000 n 0000002153 00000 n 0000000996 00000 n 0000002322 00000 n
0000002802 00000 n 0000002914 00000 n 0000003055 00000 n 0000003191
00000 n 0000003329 00000 n 0000003443 00000 n 0000004101 00000 n
0000004129 00000 n 0000004157 00000 n 0000004780 00000 n 0000005171
00000 n 0000005199 00000 n 0000005959 00000 n 0000006629 00000 n
0000007349 00000 n
etc etc etc

Any clues?

The browser doesn’t know what kind of data it’s receiving. Try :type
=> ‘application/x-pdf’

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3

You wont be able to ‘implant’ a pdf like this into a page. The whole
output has to be the pdf file.

-Nick

4

Jeremy,
Thanks for the response
application/x-pdf doesn’t do it either … I guess the browser is
getting confused with multiple doc types … maybe iframe could help, or
just use Flex as the UI and be done with all of these problems.

Bruce

On 28/04/2006, at 8:54 AM, Jeremy K. wrote:

On Apr 27, 2006, at 3:38 PM, bruce davison wrote:

%PDF-1.4 %ÿýÿýÿýÿý 2221 0 obj <> endobj xref 2221 35 0000000016 00000
n 0000002153 00000 n 0000000996 00000 n 0000002322 00000 n 0000002802
00000 n 0000002914 00000 n 0000003055 00000 n 0000003191 00000 n
0000003329 00000 n 0000003443 00000 n 0000004101 00000 n 0000004129
00000 n 0000004157 00000 n 0000004780 00000 n 0000005171 00000 n
0000005199 00000 n 0000005959 00000 n 0000006629 00000 n 0000007349
00000 n
etc etc etc

Any clues?

The browser doesn’t know what kind of data it’s receiving. Try :type
=> ‘application/x-pdf’

Best,
jeremy_______________________________________________
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Ok answer my own question…

the partial _ pdf.rhtml
looks like this

This works!

Bruce

On 28/04/2006, at 8:55 AM, Nick S. wrote:

You wont be able to ‘implant’ a pdf like this into a page. The whole
output has to be the pdf file.

-Nick

On 4/27/06, bruce davison [email protected] wrote:

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