In our application while clicking the link it will open the new window with secure pdf file. We want to validate that using selenium ruby. but We unable to validate this in IE9 [because there is no html/dom element]
We can perform this validation using firefox and chrome browser because there html/DOM element present for that pdf page.
Is another way to validate pdf text from browser URL?
I'm not sure this is possible. Chrome and Firefox, do, indeed render more that is actually there, usually for more powerful embedding, etc.
I can offer a solution however,
Instead of navigating to the PDF, you can validate the href of the link.
here is some pseudo-code from Java on how to accomplish the task...
String href = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("a[href$='.pdf']")).getAttribute("href");
assertTrue(href.contains("FileName.pdf"));
From these two statements, we'll know two things:
The link is indeed taking you to a PDF file.
The PDF file, is called FileName
If the test fails in any way, that means that the link doesn't exist, or points to the wrong pdf.
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I use embed tag to display 1 pdf file, how do I make when I press Ctrl + F it only searches the pdf file, not the current page. I tried searching on google but no desired result.
You will not find a single answer on google they use two methods themselves.
Generally it should not be possible unless the embedment has control of the pdf search function, You need to understand that a binary pdf viewer embedded in a html page cannot be controlled by the html page, it can pass options like .pdf#search=words during loading. That usually works with Firefox but not Chrome derivatives, but that's as far as cross application security should allow. The best you can target is combine Page and part strings, like this:-
So there are frame controls to assist user in some cases, but not accessible from HTML, nor can the embed see the surrounding HTML.
A Firefox alternative secure Plugin that will ignore both external and internal PDF JavaScript's
Chromium Edge where there is no external control but the PDF may perhaps have scripting allowed.
I have a form PDF set up with one field for their name (it is essentially a certificate of a kind). We want this to be automated so for example, www.website.com/file.pdf?Name=Bob and it'll insert 'Bob' into the relevant field. I have tried Javascript at document level but it only works in IE and we need it to work across most browsers especially Chrome and Firefox.
Ideally, we'd like just one PDF to exist, to link that with a parameter in the URL to send to someone and they can download the PDF without filling it in. We're issuing quite a few a day,linking the URL in a separate email (but we're phasing into SQL Server and a 3rd party application to make these emails automated hence the need for this to be automated)
I've tried dozens of websites that fills PDF forms or the like but none result in a single PDF with a URL that can be parsed into the PDF form field. Am I missing any websites that does so or is there an easier way to allow a PDF to do this and host it on my own?
Thanks
You can create a server-side script that parses the URL and dynamically generates the PDF form fields with parsed URL parameters.
Here is an example of a ASP.NET generic handler that creates the PDF based on what is submitted in the form. You can instead create PDFs based on values obtained from the URL.
http://www.gnostice.com/nl_article.asp?id=315&t=An_ASP_NET_handler_to_create_a_personalized_PDF_form_that_it_that_will_mail_itself_to_an_e_mail_address
You can use any PDF library for this, not necessarily the one used in the article.
DISCLAIMER: I work for Gnostice.
You can get the URL parameters using this.path in the PDF. This property will return the file path of the document, but it will include any parameters that you pass along with it. You can use the path to extract the parameters that you need. So far, this method works on Chrome and IE. Firefox doesn't support filling PDF forms in the browser.
Is it possible to embed a piece of javascript in a .pdf doc, and have the script fire when the .pdf is opened in a browser? ... It should not require any user interaction inside the doc (like a click, etc) -- just fire the script when the .pdf is opened in a browser.
I would like to embed some analytics beacons or conversion tracking tags inside .pdfs, if this is possible.
Thanks in advance if you know any possible solutions! :)
Acrobat JavaScript has a method (launchURL()), which would send the message to the URL. You can run the according command in a Document-Level JavaScript (which is embedded in the document, and gets executed when the document opens). More to this method and its implication can be found in the Acrobat JavaScript documentation, which is part of the Acrobat SDK documentation, and downloadable from the developer section of the Adobe website.
However, it requires that the PDF viewing component of the webbrowser supports Acrobat JavaScript. And that limits you pretty much to Acrobat (Reader) using a browser which still supports the Acrobat Browser Plug-in, and the Acrobat Browser Plug-in has to be active. The PDF viewing components built into the browsers are too dumb, and your code will not get executed.
On the plus side, this approach also works when the document is opened outside of a browser; sole condition is that the PDF viewer does support Acrobat JavaScript, and the launchURL() method.
Aside the interesting Acrobat answer of Max, AFAIK it isn't possible to run JavaScript in a PDF without user interaction.
To track these interactions with PDFs in the past, we have instead relied on event clicks on the PDF view link instead.
However, these days consider server side tracking by sending a Measurement Protocol hit when the PDF resource is viewed, ideally taking the same cid from a cookie in the same session.
While using browsers like Chrome and Firefox, there is an option to print the page to PDF (that is saving the webpage as a PDF file).
Print this page
This code opens up the print page from where the user should manually choose print to PDF. Can this be done automatically? If so please help.
You can not print page to pdf with Javascript. You have to use server side script to print page to pdf. In PHP, you can use 3rd party PDF library like http://www.tcpdf.org .
There is not much available to print to PDF in Javascript.
The most supported option is indeed to generate it server-side using a library such as tcpdf (as shown by Thein Hla Maw).
I don't think Mark's solution is the correct one, since it requires the users to have some software installed.
For pure javascript PDF generation, there is this.
NB : thanks SO :-)
Yes... provided that your users have a few things installed.
They need a PDF print driver, such as PrimoPDF
If you want to automatically print to this driver, they need to have a plugin installed, such as JS Print Setup (for Firefox) or MeadCo ScriptX for IE
Then, using the API of said plugin, you can choose which driver to print to. You can even skip the print dialog.
A better option, however, would be the generate the PDF server-side, stream it to them, and then use JavaScript inside the PDF to automatically open the print dialog as soon as they view it. This way they don't need any plugins.
I need to set up a print button in HTML that will print a certain PDF file, hopefully without having to download the file first. I've tried a few things but some only work in IE. and some require downloading the file as an embedded object which also is not acceptable. Embedding javascript in the PDF sounds the most promising, but I'd rather avoid that if possible for other reasons.
Any other ideas?
Unfortunately it really can't be done... PDFs are not handled naively by any browser, and as is such they can't be printed using the browser's print dialog.
Your users will have to download the pdf and print it with whatever PDF software they use (Even if it's just a plugin for the browser) unless you convert it to boring old html or an image or something.
You cannot print something without the user downloading it first.
The printer is located on the user end of the connection. The PDF is, at first, located on the server end.
The PDF must thus travel across the webs to reach the user end before the printer will know which ink to put on paper. In other words, it must be downloaded.
I think the best you can do is download the PDF into an iframe element, and advise the user to click the "print" button in there. To my knowledge, no tighter integration than that is possible. The PDF viewer's print button can not be accessed via JavaScript.