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Oct 26.2005

Anybody know what the clsid of Adobe Reader would be? I have put Adobe PDFs inside iframes, but have also recently discovered that I might be able to put them inside the object tag. This works in Firefox with the embed tag (deprecated, I know), but IE does not recognize embed and won’t display the object, only where the object is supposed to be. Also, is there a transparent wmode param for Adobe Reader, like there is for Flash. Adobe’s website is not very helpful for web development purposes in this regard and doesn’t give me the info I need. I need <div>’s to be able to float over the pdf embedded in the page. Thanks.

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@konithomimoOct 26.2005 — For AAR 5 and 6:

<object type="application/pdf" classid="CLSID:CA8A9780-280D-

11CF-A24D-444553540000" id="PdfPlugin" width="500" height="400">

The CLSID for Adobe Acrobat ActiveX Control is as follows:

{CA8A9780-280D-11CF-A24D-444553540000} and the filename is pdf.ocx.
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@ccoppenbargerauthorOct 26.2005 — Thanks. I don't where you found the documentation for this, but that worked. I've searched probably a dozen websites looking for this and couldn't find it. The only problem is that only embed works in Firefox with this. Thanks for your help.
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@konithomimoOct 26.2005 — You are welcome. I am sure that somebody out there has the answer on how to make it cross browser.
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@ccoppenbargerauthorNov 03.2005 — Actually, I figured out the cross-browser issue.

<object type="application/pdf" class="pdf" data="file.pdf">(Firefox)

<param name="src" value="file.pdf" /> (IE only)

</object>

Now, if only I can figure out the <param> for making the plugin transparent so that my quicklinks drop-down at the top of the screen will over lay the plugin instead of disappearing behind it. This would be similar to the wmode param for Flash. Thanks.
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