Link to pdfs contained within the app

[Jay6395558]

How do you link directly to a pdf? I am using the ist component and I don't want to link each button to an external url but rather a pdf that is contained within the app or appery cloud. Would I use a database?

[Kateryna Grynko]

Hi Jay,

Then you should upload PDF to Appery.io Database as a file.
http://docs.appery.io/tutorials/uploa...

[Jay6395558]

Can you elaborate on your response? The link you provided gives info on how to create an upload page on your app. I am not interested in having the user upload a pdf. I need to store pdfs so the user can access my pdf when they click on a button.

[Kateryna Grynko]

Jay,

First, you would need to upload PDF file via Appery.io: https://appery.io/database/ choose Database - Files data - upload.

Here is how to open it: https://getsatisfaction.com/apperyio/...

[Mike6580064]

Katya,

I have done this but, using the Appery Previewer on my device, the PDF is not scalable and only fits the screen. I would like to be able to zoom in and out of the PDF. Is this a limitation due to the Appery Previewer?

[Alena Prykhodko]

Hello Mike,

I can not reproduce, please tell us how do you open .pdf?

[Mike6580064]

Alena,

As suggested in this thread, I have uploaded a PDF file to my database.

I have a button component where Action--Navigate to Link (Open in New Window: True).

The link is the hyperlink generated from the Appery database PDF file.

[Mike6580064]

I have successfully tried running JavaScript on the button's action so that it opens the PDF in the device's standard browser (in my case, Safari) using the following command:

window.open("LINK", "_system");

In this case, the PDF is scalable. However, I would really like to be able to view this PDF within the app itself and not be directed to a browser.

[Maryna Brodina]

Hello! Looks like there is no way to do that, but you can try to search for PhoneGap plugin online to be able to open PDF in app and scale it.

[Mike6580064]

window.open('URL', '_blank', 'EnableViewPortScale=yes');

This allows pinch and zoom of PDFs within the app.