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Vaadin: How to check if browser has pdf plug-in?

Is there a posability in Vaadin 7 or in Java generally, to check if a browser has an embedded pdfreader or not?

I need to know that because it depends on that how i open the pdf.

Solution

  • There is unfortunately no way to consistently check if the browser supports viewing PDF files or not. I would recommend using something like PDF.JS (https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js) or FlexPaper (http://flexpaper.devaldi.com/products.jsp) on your web site to display your documents to make sure your visitors can see your documents

    Both those options are available as open source