embedding PDFs

[Anguz]

is it possible, and how, to display a .pdf file inside a page? so that the content of the .pdf will be shown in the middle column, while the left and right ones have their normal content, same as head and footer

[mattur]

I think you could do this with frames, however it comes down to how the user's browser is configured.

It's possible users will have acrobat set-up to open pdf files outside the browser (i.e. acrobat launches as a stand alone app rather than embedded in the browser).

[Giacomo]

Frames suck [useit.com].

PDFs for on-screen reading sucked in 2001 [useit.com] and still suck today [useit.com].

PDFs for on-screen reading within a frame definitely suck. ;)

[DrDoc]

You can do it with an object tag... But it causes several browsers to crash.
Just link to it... If they have it set to open in the browser -- great. If they don't -- well, that's their business and preference ;)

[Anguz]

cool... yeah, that's what I did in the end... but while working on the layout, I wondered about it, so I thought I'd ask if it was possible

I'm happy with how it it, I made the links to the pdf files open in a new window and it all looks and works nice

thx for the feedback :)