View local PDF File in ChildBrowser?

Question

I have downloaded a PDF file to the PhoneGap LocalFileSystem and am now trying to view it in ChildBrowser. I have done so like this;

    function viewOffline() {
        var files = pathToRoot + "/Holidays.pdf";
        window.plugins.childBrowser.showWebPage(files);
    }

When I run the app the ChildBrowser opens but it can't read the file. Is there like a .showFile thing I can use? I'm really new to ChildBrowser so any help would be much appreciated

Thanks a lot

no i downloaded it from Dropbox into a folder the program automatically sends them to. — Megan Sime, Mar 18 '13 at 14:27
Did you try the InAppBrowser of PhoneGap? http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.5.0/cordova_inappbrowser_inappbrowser.md.html — Nishanth Nair, Mar 18 '13 at 14:30
it's not that it doesn't work, it opens and all, i just want to know if there's a .whatever to display a local .pdfs — Megan Sime, Mar 18 '13 at 14:32

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '13 at 14:42

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I did a quick check and found out that you cannot open PDF files suing child browser. You need to use the PDFViewer plugin. This plugin is used only to display local PDF. When you display a PDF from an external URL, you should use InAppBrowser or ChildBrowser

answered Mar 18 '13 at 14:42

Nishanth Nair

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ok thanks a lot. the app i'm developing also hosts .docx etc, is there another plugin for them? – Megan Sime Mar 18 '13 at 14:44
This may help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2896646/view-doc-docx-rtf-ppt-file-in-iphone-using-webview – Nishanth Nair Mar 18 '13 at 15:00
This is not true, I have used ChildBrowswer many times to view PDF files. Also, .xls, .doc and .ppt files as well. – whodeee May 08 '13 at 16:37
@whodeee we are talking about local PDF files not external files. – Nishanth Nair May 08 '13 at 16:51
@Whizkid747 yep I know that. ChildBrowser CAN open the files I listed above locally, I have been doing it for a while. – whodeee May 08 '13 at 17:46

View local PDF File in ChildBrowser?

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