Open PDF-File in browser without href or embed

02-24-2004

Hi,

a simple html page consists of a select box (1,2,3,4,5....). After selectin
one of the numbers, the corresponding PDF File should appear in the browser.
Doing it with "<embed src=... width=... height=...> fixes the size of the
PDF frame. Is there any way to get a dynamic output size, like calling the
PDF via href?
Any other solution?

Many thanks.
Regards,
Hendrik

02-24-2004

In article <c1g01h$r5q$>,
"Hendrik Lampert" <> wrote:

> a simple html page consists of a select box (1,2,3,4,5....). After selectin
> one of the numbers, the corresponding PDF File should appear in the browser.
> Doing it with "<embed src=... width=... height=...> fixes the size of the
> PDF frame. Is there any way to get a dynamic output size, like calling the
> PDF via href?

Here a piece of PHP:

<?php
// when form submitted, redirect to PDF file
if($file=="dick.pdf" || $file=="andrea.pdf" || $file=="lewis.pdf")
{
header("Location: $file");
exit();
}

// and else just display the thing
?>
<html>
<head>

<title>Download a PDF file</title>

</head>
<body>

<form action="thisfile.php" method="get">
<fieldset>
<legend>Please select a PDF file to download</legend>

<select name="file" size="1">
<option value="dick.pdf">Dick</option>
<option value="andrea.pdf">Andrea</option>
<option value="lewis.pdf">Lewis</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Download!">

</form>

</body>
</html>

--
Kris
<> (nl)
<http://www.cinnamon.nl/>

02-24-2004

"Kris" <> wrote:

> <?php
> // when form submitted, redirect to PDF file
> if($file=="dick.pdf" || $file=="andrea.pdf" || $file=="lewis.pdf")
> {
> header("Location: $file");
> exit();
> }
<snip>

Please notice http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html ,
14.30 Location : [....] The field value consists of a single absolute URI

Location = "Location" ":" absoluteURI

WD

02-24-2004

In article <c1g3er$1i688k$>,
"Warden Dave" <> wrote:

> Please notice http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html ,
> 14.30 Location : [....] The field value consists of a single absolute URI
>
> Location = "Location" ":" absoluteURI

You are right. Damn, I have been doing it wrongly for so long now then.
Is the Content-location header a good solution then, to redirect through
a relative URI?

I have RFC2616 lying beside the bed, never got to it reading the thing.

--
Kris
<> (nl)
<http://www.cinnamon.nl/>

02-24-2004

"Kris" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:kristiaan-...
> In article <c1g01h$r5q$>,
> "Hendrik Lampert" <> wrote:
>
> > a simple html page consists of a select box (1,2,3,4,5....). After
selectin
> > one of the numbers, the corresponding PDF File should appear in the
browser.
> > Doing it with "<embed src=... width=... height=...> fixes the size of
the
> > PDF frame. Is there any way to get a dynamic output size, like calling
the
> > PDF via href?
>
> Here a piece of PHP:
>
>
> <?php
> // when form submitted, redirect to PDF file
> if($file=="dick.pdf" || $file=="andrea.pdf" || $file=="lewis.pdf")
> {
> header("Location: $file");
> exit();
> }
>
> // and else just display the thing
> ?>
> <html>
> <head>
>
> <title>Download a PDF file</title>
>
> </head>
> <body>
>
> <form action="thisfile.php" method="get">
> <fieldset>
> <legend>Please select a PDF file to download</legend>
>
> <select name="file" size="1">
> <option value="dick.pdf">Dick</option>
> <option value="andrea.pdf">Andrea</option>
> <option value="lewis.pdf">Lewis</option>
> </select>
> <input type="submit" value="Download!">
>
> </form>
>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> --
> Kris
> <> (nl)
> <http://www.cinnamon.nl/>

The mistake i made was, to embed the pdf into a html table. If you do so,
the percantage parameters for height and width in <embed ....> won't work.
Outside ab table everything works fine.

Hendrik

02-24-2004

"Kris" <> wrote:
> "Warden Dave" <> wrote:

> > Please notice http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html ,
> > 14.30 Location : [....] The field value consists of a single absolute URI
> >
> > Location = "Location" ":" absoluteURI
>
> You are right. Damn, I have been doing it wrongly for so long now then.
> Is the Content-location header a good solution then, to redirect through
> a relative URI?
>
> I have RFC2616 lying beside the bed, never got to it reading the thing.
>

If you want to indicate the URI of a variant relative to the
Request-URI: yes.

(To state the obvious: You can use "Location" and simply build
the absoluteURI; +/-:

"http://" . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . dirname($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]) . "/$file";

)

WD

02-24-2004

Kris wrote:

> In article <c1g3er$1i688k$>,
> "Warden Dave" <> wrote:
>
>> Please notice http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html ,
>> 14.30 Location : [....] The field value consists of a single absolute URI
>>
>> Location = "Location" ":" absoluteURI
>
> You are right. Damn, I have been doing it wrongly for so long now then.

Nah, Kris... don't worry - you're alright. PHP intercepts the header and
replaces it with one that makes more sense.

--
Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me - http://www.goddamn.co.uk/tobyink/?page=132

02-24-2004

"Toby A Inkster" <> wrote:
> Kris wrote:

> >> Please notice http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html ,
> >> 14.30 Location : [....] The field value consists of a single absolute URI
> >>
> >> Location = "Location" ":" absoluteURI
> >
> > You are right. Damn, I have been doing it wrongly for so long now then.

> Nah, Kris... don't worry - you're alright. PHP intercepts the header and
> replaces it with one that makes more sense.

Don't count on it. A 'note' can be found here:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php
["Note: HTTP/1.1 requires an absolute URI as argument to Location: including
" the scheme, hostname and absolute path, but some clients accept relative
URIs. You can usually use $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] and
dirname() to make an absolute URI from a relative one yourself"]

On my Apache server (2.0.40) with PHP (4.3.4) nothing of the sort happens.

WD

02-25-2004

Warden Dave wrote:

> "Toby A Inkster" <> wrote:
>> Kris wrote:
>
>> >> Please notice http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html ,
>> >> 14.30 Location : [....] The field value consists of a single absolute URI
>> >>
>> >> Location = "Location" ":" absoluteURI
>> >
>> > You are right. Damn, I have been doing it wrongly for so long now then.
>
>> Nah, Kris... don't worry - you're alright. PHP intercepts the header and
>> replaces it with one that makes more sense.
>
> On my Apache server (2.0.40) with PHP (4.3.4) nothing of the sort happens.

Well, over here, it seems to be intercepted and replaced with the
Content-Location header (which does accept relative URIs).

Example:
http://www.goddamn.co.uk/tobyink/scratch/testlocation
http://www.goddamn.co.uk/tobyink/scr...stlocation-src

--
Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me - http://www.goddamn.co.uk/tobyink/?page=132

02-25-2004

"Toby A Inkster" <> wrote:
> Warden Dave wrote:

>>> Nah, Kris... don't worry - you're alright. PHP intercepts the header and
>>> replaces it with one that makes more sense.

>> On my Apache server (2.0.40) with PHP (4.3.4) nothing of the sort happens.

> Well, over here, it seems to be intercepted and replaced with the
> Content-Location header (which does accept relative URIs).
<snip>
> http://www.goddamn.co.uk/tobyink/scratch/testlocation

It's very nice if 'somewhere' down the line 'something' is trying to correct
your mistakes, I guess. The Content-Location header is there, but after the
"replacement" I still see: "Location: tables".

WD

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