Can a PDF file be displayed on a dashboard page?

Is it possible to display a PDF file on the dashboard page? The PDF is stored as an attachment in one the application tables.

JimLieder

238 Points

Posted 5 months ago

5 months ago

Surya Avantsa, Certified Builder and Expert

3,008 Points

Did you try embedding it as an image within a rich text field on the dashboard?

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5 months ago

Ⲇanom the ultimate (Dan Diebolt), Champion

30,064 Points

This isn't really a great idea as pdf documents are typically a full 8.5" x 11" page and simply don't embed well. Nevertheless you can create a HTML code page referencing your pdf URL and embed it as a web page widget using markup similar to this:

<object data="https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds11.PDF"; type="application/pdf" style="width:100%;height:1600;">>
    <iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds11.PDF&embedded=true"&g...;
</object>

But you will probably have problems with the double scroll bars and need JavaScript to resize the <iframe> to match the size of the contents.

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3 months ago

zSwinton

60 Points

Does user need to interact with the file's content? If they do, attach it with the embedded code from the very service you use, like this for example https://ds11.pdffiller.com/ that will be different for sure, yet it depends exactly on the pdf's source

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Can a PDF file be displayed on a dashboard page?

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