Dameon

...Firefox had integrated/decent PDF support. Everyone hates Adobe bloat on Windows, whatever browser you are using. When using Linux, there are some fairly nifty viewers such as KPDF that get the job done (and well), but are external. I'd like to see Firefox with built in PDF support (snag some code from some of the other projects or have it link with a library from one of them) to view such documents like any other page or even just a bundled, platform independent plugin.

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BlazingWolf

Write you own PDF viewer :p (Is it possible? I just assumed so since it was done for Linux)

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lectricpharaoh

What I'd like are specs on how a PDF file is constructed, such that I can create one from an application of mine. For example, for a while, I've been thinking of a character generator for 3rd Edition D&D (only because I don't have the 3.5 books) that was capable of outputting the data in a printable format. Obviously, HTML would be one solution, but it has certain problems, in that a given document won't look (or print) identically from all browsers.

I know this sort of thing is entirely possible. OpenOffice, for example, generates PDF documents, and I use this all the time for my schoolwork. It's much easier to print a single document than each source file individually, and using PDF lets me be sure it will print okay, even if (for example) certain fonts are missing (this would not be the case for a Microsoft Word or HTML document).

I remember looking for this info a while back, and not having much success. Many of the resources assumed one had certain tools from Adobe, and, well, I'm on a budget. :/

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coldDeath

Thats something that I would seriously like. I've always seen it take ages on windows to load up adobe acrobat and then pen teh webpage, often crashing IE/Firefox in the procces. On Linux its a bit better in that i loads faster and never does crash firefox.

But at school i have to suiffer with windows and IE, but when i click a PDF it loads up instantly inside the browser there, which i thought was pretty cool. But they've screwed up IE, on the top bar there is no File menu or Options menu. And there is no back button icon.

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DaWei

I create dynamic pdf documents in PHP. It works very well. I haven't bothered to investigate such things for other languages, or even to look into the underlying formats/requirements. I just do it. My clients like it. I use this .

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Pizentios

how about a extention?

https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...cation=firefox

that's what i use, works great.

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nnxion

Well it still opens your pdf-viewer (wheter adobe or not), Daemon would like a pdf-viewer built-in.

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Pizentios

no it doesn't, it gives you the option, to ether view it as html in a new tab, or download it or open it using your external viewer. why not read the link before commenting on it?

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coldDeath

Nice find Piz! Thanks for the link :-)

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