Pdf not opening in browser sharepoint 2010

You can change it to a less secure mode, per Web Application, in Central Admin. Just change the Browser File Handling property to Permissive and your good to go. This is controlled by the installation of Acrobat itself, not SharePoint. By default, PDFs open in the browser but many corporate installs force it to open in a separate window for support reasons.

Many users do not realize they are viewing a PDF instead of a web page and get confused when the normal web tools do not work properly. The bigger the corporation, the more likely this is to be the default. You could set the web application browser file handling setting to strict. This means that SharePoint will tell the browser to open the file in the client application, instead of opening it in the browser itself.

I agree with Anders Rask that the solution provided by Wictor is not the best solution. Making it permissive at the Web Application level is the last thing to do. If you want to set permissive, it can be done at the Site Collection, Site and List level too. This will reduce the risk to a targeted area.

But note here that setting to permissive will allow other files to run in browser like flash etc. For all the ways you can allow pdf to open in browser.. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more.

Ask Question. Asked 10 years, 9 months ago. Active 3 years, 7 months ago. Viewed 47k times. Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Asked 8 years ago. Active 7 years, 8 months ago. Viewed 3k times. I have been banging head on this for two days Regards Vishnu. Improve this question. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Code shall run in context of Farm Administrators group member. Improve this answer. Hello owen, Thanks for replying.

Also I deactivted feature "open documents in client application by default" — vishnu. I have opened the same URL in mozilla firefox and found that the pdf files are opening in the browser.

So, its definitely some issue with internet explorer — vishnu. The Internet programs and Set Programs. I have been banging head on this for two days. Just now, I checked the url in Mozilla and found that its working. So, it must be some problem with Internet explorer. To answer your question, you've tried most things that I normally see working, but there may be an extra solution here for you. The solution 2 Powershell that deals with updating the Inline MimeType may help.

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