Javascript error when using iframe

Question

My html/javascript code is supposed to show a pdf file within an iframe, see code below.

The code (and other code in the html page) seems to work well when I look at the resulting page in the (chrome) browser (e.g., the pdf files are shown in iframe and i can scroll them); but the console shows (only) this error

Graphics2DResource.PaintImageData: Bad image resource

with the Chrome browser and the error:

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)

with the Safari browser.

Why does that error happen? How can I improve the code to avoid displaying this error? (I googled this error message but I only get logged files)

Related code:

var pdfdocwidth = '800';
var pdfdocheight = '1000';

for(var i=0; i<3;i++){
   form += '<tr><td> <div id="filename'+ i + '"> Document 
  <iframe src="'+Staticvars.documentpath[i] +'" width="'+pdfdocwidth+'" 
  height="'+pdfdocheight+'"></iframe>  </div> </td></tr>';
}

404 - not found. Check the generated HTML and see if it's generating a link to a resource that doesn't exist. — Benjamin Gruenbaum
– Benjamin Gruenbaum, Commented Nov 12, 2013 at 10:18
I checked that the paths in the generated HTML file are correct. Also, as mentioned the pdf files are viewed. — Joppo
– Joppo, Commented Nov 12, 2013 at 11:16

Ricky Stam · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-12 10:21:01Z

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Not all browsers handle PDFs the same way. I suggest to have a look here : http://pdfobject.com/ it will do exactly what you want.

answered Nov 12, 2013 at 10:21

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2 Comments

Ankur Verma Over a year ago

Great site and technique to handle pdf's +1

Joppo Over a year ago

thnx, I read about pdfobject earlier on this site. I'll look at it. But I'm still wondering whether the latest browser versions handle something that's defined in a standard in a different way? Or is the iframe concept not supposed to work with files?

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