topic Re: 'View in browser' downloads the document for pdf, word, etc.. in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/view-in-browser-downloads-the-document-for-pdf-word-etc/m-p/279101#M232231 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>the "view in browser" functionality relies on your browser having the appropriate set of plugins / addons to actually display the file type. For PDF files this would require the Adobe plugin. Office files (like Word) can't ever be viewed in just the browser, but I think you can setup Office / Internet Explorer to automatically open the file in Office without prompting for download.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Basically, the "view in browser" action is nothing special apart from opening the file in a separate tab of the browser with a slightly modified URL that should allow the browser to pick an appropriate view action instead of always requiring download. If the browser doesn't have a better action available, it will default back to the download prompt.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Axel</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Jan 2016 08:58:53 GMT afaust 2016-01-05T08:58:53Z 'View in browser' downloads the document for pdf, word, etc.. https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/view-in-browser-downloads-the-document-for-pdf-word-etc/m-p/279100#M232230 Hi all,When I click on 'View in Browser' action on to the document, it views for text file, .js file. But for pdf file, word file, etc.. it downloads the document. Do I need to configure something for this? Why is this behavior for these files? What should be done in order to make all files view in Tue, 22 Dec 2015 04:57:08 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/view-in-browser-downloads-the-document-for-pdf-word-etc/m-p/279100#M232230 naveenv449 2015-12-22T04:57:08Z Re: 'View in browser' downloads the document for pdf, word, etc.. https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/view-in-browser-downloads-the-document-for-pdf-word-etc/m-p/279101#M232231 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>the "view in browser" functionality relies on your browser having the appropriate set of plugins / addons to actually display the file type. For PDF files this would require the Adobe plugin. Office files (like Word) can't ever be viewed in just the browser, but I think you can setup Office / Internet Explorer to automatically open the file in Office without prompting for download.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Basically, the "view in browser" action is nothing special apart from opening the file in a separate tab of the browser with a slightly modified URL that should allow the browser to pick an appropriate view action instead of always requiring download. If the browser doesn't have a better action available, it will default back to the download prompt.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Axel</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Jan 2016 08:58:53 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/view-in-browser-downloads-the-document-for-pdf-word-etc/m-p/279101#M232231 afaust 2016-01-05T08:58:53Z