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    • yellowratberni
      yellowratberni last edited by

      Re: Can't open Pdf files in browser

      After many months I'm trying to solve this problem before giving up and change browser (Edge or Firefox don't have this problem)
      Is there any solution? Someone can help me?

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        Opera has a built-in PDF reader so these files should open in the browser. If it doesn't happen just on some pages then it's probably a page issue.

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        • yellowratberni
          yellowratberni last edited by

          So no other options than using a browser that doesn't suffer this problem.
          After such many years using Opera this is a really sad way to end it 😞

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          • A Former User
            A Former User @yellowratberni last edited by

            @yellowratberni said in Open pdf in browser:

            Re: Can't open Pdf files in browser

            After many months I'm trying to solve this problem before giving up and change browser (Edge or Firefox don't have this problem)
            Is there any solution? Someone can help me?

            yea use the stand-alone free adobe acrobat reader app. i personally would never open a pdf in any browser cause typically the info in it is something i don't want to share so why would i open it in a browser.

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

              You're saying that when you click on a link to a pdf file, it doesn't load in a tab in Opera where it's loaded with Opera's built-in pdf viewer? Or, are you saying something different?

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              • yellowratberni
                yellowratberni last edited by

                When I try to open it inside the webmail page appears an inside tab who asks me to install a pdf viewer with a link to Adobe Reader.
                Always the same thing even if I select to open the pdf in an external viewer from the Opera options

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @yellowratberni last edited by

                  @yellowratberni Does it happen only on that page?

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                  • yellowratberni
                    yellowratberni last edited by

                    Yes, I've tried with my yahoo webmail but I think they have a direct viewer so it works.
                    If you got a link to test I can try

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                    • burnout426
                      burnout426 Volunteer @yellowratberni last edited by burnout426

                      @yellowratberni said in Open pdf in browser:

                      When I try to open it inside the webmail page appears an inside tab who asks me to install a pdf viewer with a link to Adobe Reader.

                      Which webmail?

                      I'm wondering if the page is trying to embed a pdf instead of just providing a link to it. In HTML terms, that means something like this:

                      <embed type="application/pdf" src="link_to_pdf" >
                      

                      If that's the case (I guess you could right-click that area of the page and choose "inspect" to find out), it might be an issue with the built-in pdf viewer not handing embeds and only direct links. It's hard to say without seeing the page.

                      If it's some ISP webmail or something, maybe you can create another email account that's just for testing so we can log into that one.

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                      • yellowratberni
                        yellowratberni last edited by

                        Inspecting the page I got this:
                        0_1509966176786_Appunti01.jpg

                        Is a domain related email of www.aruba.it , an important italian provider.

                        I've notice that if I right click on the pdf icon it opens options and if I click on "open" instead of "preview" it will open a new tab and the the viewer works ok.
                        So the problem is the preview

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                        • yellowratberni
                          yellowratberni last edited by

                          If I just left click on the pdf icon this is the result:
                          0_1509966409978_Appunti02.jpg

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                          • burnout426
                            burnout426 Volunteer @yellowratberni last edited by

                            @yellowratberni said in Open pdf in browser:

                            Is a domain related email of www.aruba.it , an important italian provider.
                            I've notice that if I right click on the pdf icon it opens options and if I click on "open" instead of "preview" it will open a new tab and the the viewer works ok.
                            So the problem is the preview

                            Okay. that helps a little. But, if you could click the > for the selected div to expand it and do so to all its descendants, that'd help.

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                            • yellowratberni
                              yellowratberni last edited by

                              0_1509981172009_Appunti01.jpg

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                              • burnout426
                                burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

                                Thanks. I see the markup is just showing the buttons to click on for each attachment. I guess I'd kind of need the markup for the preview area after you click to try and load an attachment and it fails.

                                That'd be to just see if it's trying to embed the pdf. I still wouldn't be able to troubleshoot the problem without a test account for your webmail or another dojo webmail.

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                                • burnout426
                                  burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

                                  Put a pdf on your desktop and name it test.pdf. Then, save the following (select, copy and paste into a text editor) as testpdf.html (to your desktop) and load it in Opera.

                                  <!DOCTYPE html>
                                  <html>
                                      <head>
                                          <meta charset="utf-8">
                                          <title>Opera PDF embed Test</title>
                                      </head>
                                      <body>
                                          <p><embed type="application/pdf" src="test.pdf" width="400" height="400"></p>
                                      </body>
                                  </html>
                                  

                                  Does that at least work?

                                  Also, with the webmail, after you try to load the preview for an attachment and it fails, look at the "Console" tab in the developer tools (ctrl + shift + i). Maybe it'll tell you about a Javascript error and or security error, which might tell you why the pdf isn't loading in the preview.

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                                  • yellowratberni
                                    yellowratberni last edited by

                                    Yes...the html works.
                                    Now I try to see if there is an error and if I can create a new mail so you can test it.
                                    Thank you in advance!!

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                                    • yellowratberni
                                      yellowratberni last edited by yellowratberni

                                      Unfortunately I can't create another email.!
                                      Here's what display the console when I try to preview a pdf:

                                      0_1510068132811_Appunti03.jpg

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                                      • yellowratberni
                                        yellowratberni last edited by

                                        0_1510068144973_Appunti04.jpg 0_1510068151830_Appunti05.jpg

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                                        • burnout426
                                          burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

                                          Can you select the "Console" tab instead?

                                          Since Opera is based on Chromium, testing in Chrome to see if it does it too would help.

                                          Also, disable any extensions you have in Opera. Maybe one is interfering.

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