Viewing a PDF as a web object
Jan 22, 2014
Hi,
firstly I am complete newbie to this product and I have to admit not very savvy in using html or scripting languages. So I could use some pretty basic help.
I want to be able to view a PDF inside storyline. I saw a couple of useful topics in the form which helped me to link a button to the pdf and another which spoke about linking the pdf file to a webobject. When I tried the webobject method all I got was an error saying no index.htm or index.html file.
Now I understand there has to be an index.html file but what should it's content be. Research on the web seems to point to the fact it will need some scripting code . I wondered if anyone had a good example of what it should look like. Initially I just want to view this locally on my laptop.
Can anyone help?
Thx
Mike
3 Replies
Hi Mike:
Here is a VERY HANDY link for you to try: https://docs.google.com/viewer
All you need to do is upload your PDF file to a website that you know your LMS will not block, then copy the URL to that PDF file.
Next, go to the URL above and follow the instructions.
Best Regards,
Dennis Hall
Another option is to build a page with your PDF using pdfObject and embed in a Web Object. Lots of options
http://www.pdfobject.com/
Any working examples of code for doing it the pdf object way?
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