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Problem opening pdf docs in IE

Ivan | Thu, 2005-09-01 13:09
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I have a simple link to a pdf document on a web site I'm working on. When somebody tries to click the link it either opens a blank page or crashes the machine. In the best case it brings up a dead dialog box.

It's a known issue of Internet Explorer apparently.

Client is obviously not happy with this situation, but it's not like a IE CSS bug that I can fix. It's something that is a major flaw of an old browser.

Do you have any experience with such an issue? What can I do about it?

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mijlee | Thu, 2005-09-01 17:21

Whenever I get this sort of issue I usually just upload a zipped file instead. I know it's nicer to click on a PDF directly but if you got issues…

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Ivan | Thu, 2005-09-08 08:12

All one has to do is give a "_blank" to the anchor. IE will not open a new window but instead treat the download link properly.

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