[Server-devel] PDF resources in public folders not opening in Reader

[James Cameron]

On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 08:44:17AM +1000, David Leeming wrote:
> We have many resources that are published in PDF that we want to make available
> in public folders. However, when you browse to them and click on a PDf file, it
> does not open in Reader but within the browser and I am finding that the PDF
> reader plug-in for the Browse activity is not able to open many of the files ?

I've reproduced this and raised a ticket.
http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10098

> So, how can we get it to force downloads that then open in Read activity? There
> is a check box ?force downloads?, can we make that take affect globally in the
> public folder?

Hopefully an XS expert might be able to answer this.

In the Browse activity that you are using, it doesn't seem possible for
the user to force a download.

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James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/