Open pdf on ipad properly

General
1

My app shows a pdf in an HTMLviewer using mimeType “application/pdf”. Works fine on windows and os X. Used to work on iPad.

The app used to put a proper pdf viewer in the HTMLviewer using HTMLviewer.url. Now it shows part of the first page with no scroll bar and no pdf tools.

ideas?

2

Could you show us the exact code you are using?

3

pv is an webHTMLviewer

pdfData = pdf.output(“test.pdf”)
myWebFile = nil

if myWebFile = Nil Then
myWebFile = New webfile
myWebFile.mimetype = “application/pdf”
myWebFile.filename = “CircleCalcParis.pdf”
myWebFile.data = pdfData
'myWebFile.ForceDownload = True
'showURL(myWebFile.url)

end if

wp.cc.pv.loadURL (mywebFile.url)

4

I’m curious, does Session.ShowURL work with these files? I’m not sure I’ve ever seen iOS display a pdf inside a frame (which is what an HTMLViewer is technically).

5

Yes it shows, but in a new window so the client has to log back in again to go back to the page he printed from.

6

You said in a previous post that it “used to work”. Was that in an older version of Xojo or an older version of iOS itself?

7

Both I think. Ok, you can go back to page without logging back in on the ipad, but not on the desktop. How do I tell what device is being used these days? I’m pretty sure that disappeared with web 2.0