# Pdf render inline .... update 'main' div **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 28, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-render-inline-update-main-div/59030 "2006-04-28T00:40:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bruce\_davison](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f1d935/32.png) [@bruce\_davison](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruce_davison)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-render-inline-update-main-div/59030/1 "2006-04-28T00:40:05Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![bruce\_davison](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f1d935/32.png) [@bruce\_davison](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruce_davison)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-render-inline-update-main-div/59030/2 "2006-04-28T00:55:25Z")
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Rails mailing list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) ---
**Author:** ![bruce\_davison](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f1d935/32.png) [@bruce\_davison](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruce_davison)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-render-inline-update-main-div/59030/3 "2006-04-28T00:58:30Z")
You wont be able to ‘implant’ a pdf like this into a page. The whole output has to be the pdf file. -Nick ---
**Author:** ![bruce\_davison](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f1d935/32.png) [@bruce\_davison](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruce_davison)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-render-inline-update-main-div/59030/4 "2006-04-28T02:11:10Z")
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Rails mailing list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) ---
**Author:** ![bruce\_davison](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f1d935/32.png) [@bruce\_davison](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruce_davison)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-render-inline-update-main-div/59030/5 "2006-04-28T02:23:26Z")
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 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > * * * Rails mailing list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)