Force PDF form to open in browser?

[Former Community Member]

I'm just wondering if it is possible to force a pdf file to open in a web browser. So that, if the file is saved to someone's computer, when you open it, it automatically opens in the web browser

Thanks,

Nik

[dcidev]

Of course you can set the target operating system to associate the pdf extension with a web browser but I think you're probably looking for the form itself to be able to control that regardless of operating system.

If so, try putting this in the top level subform's docReady event:

if (!event.target.external){
 cURL=event.target.path;
 cURL=cURL.replace(/\/(\w)\//,"$1:/");
 app.launchURL(cURL,true);
 event.target.closeDoc();
}

Adobe will show you a warning to Cancel or Allow but that can't be supressed for security reasons.

Kyle