Re: **offlist** Re: Printing a web page on a kiosk

I just walked through this thread and I am a little mystified as to why this is an issue. Browsers know what to do with content that is delivered as a content type of application/pdf and a disposition of "inline". The browser will look for an app that can open a pdf. In my java web apps I use the following:

response.addHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline;filename=" + postingFileName);
response.setContentType("application/pdf");

What web tool are you using to deliver the web pages with? (CGIDEV2?) There must be a way to set the content disposition and the content type. Once you do that and send the pdf to the page, it will either render in a window (IE does this, I think) or the user is prompted to download the file or open it (FireFox has the option for this, I think).

Or, maybe I am missing something.....

Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java

On 6/6/2013 6:21 PM, Booth Martin wrote:

So much for Plan A. :)

I am finding two issues with Adobe. One is that it appears that
security is flawed with Adobe Reader. There are exposures if you choose
to allow all of the functions. Second is that it is real easy to create
scenarios with unacceptable response times.

However, it solves a lot of problems with printing. The game seems
worth the candle.

At least, for now, that seems to be significant.

On 6/6/2013 5:47 PM, Nathan Andelin wrote:

This is off list because I hate to make a fool of myself in public. :)

Ha Ha, you're caught ;-)

Here's one more idea. If the maps were saved as .svg files, rather than .pdf files, then the browser's print functions would work. You wouldn't have to use Adobe Reader to print. Just evoke window.print() via JavaScript.

I read that Adobe Illustrator has an option to save as an .svg file. There are tutorials that show how to create maps using Illustrator. By chance, was Illustrator used to create the .pdf files?

I'm quite fascinated by .svg files. View the source for the following, and click the browser print option.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Example.svg


-Nathan