Method 1: Anchor Tags
The <a> tag defines a hyperlink, which is used to link from one page to another.
The most important attribute of the <a> element is the href attribute, which indicates the link's destination.
href URL Specifies the URL of the page the link goes to
Example: <a href=”test.pdf” target=”_blank”>PDF Link</a>
The target attribute is used to specify where the linked document will open.
target | _blank _parent _self _top | Specifies where to open the linked document |
The text between the tags will be the actual link that is clicked to open the document.
Example: <a href=”test.pdf” target=”_blank”>PDF Link</a>
href=”test.pdf” - This tells it that the target document to open is the "test.pdf"
target=”_blank” - This tells it to open the PDF in a new blank page.
PDF Link - this is the text that will show up as a hyperlink on the page.
For more information on how to use an Anchor tag <a>, please refer to the link below...
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_a.asp
Method 2: Response.AddHeader
The ASP Response object is used to send output to the user from the server.
Example:
Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/pdf")
Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline; filename=" + documentTitle + ".pdf")
Current.Response.BinaryWrite(PDFByteStream)
Current.Response.End()
- AddHeader method adds a new HTTP header and a value to the HTTP response.
- BinaryWrite Writes data directly to the output without any character conversion.
- End Stops processing a script, and returns the current result.
The important thing to note with this method is that the PDF must be byte[]. While this is outside the functionality of most of the ActivePDF Products (Toolkit being the exception). It is very simple to read a file in as a byte stream.
C# Example: ReadAllBytes
byte[] PDFByteStream = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(pathToPDF);
For more information on using the Response object, please refer to the link below...
https://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_ref_response.asp