PDF File Fails to Display Correctly

The Problem:

In IE7, when you click on the PDF icon, PDF file fails to display correctly. The pop-up window is empty.


The Remedy:

1. Download this file: browser_detection.zip.

2. Extract the zip file.

3. Upload browser_detection.php to the folder libraries/joomla/utilities/ of your site.

4. Find the file icon.php in the folder components/com_content/helpers/.

5. Edit icon.php as follows:

In line 1, after the <?php tag, type in the following code:
require_once("libraries/joomla/utilities/browser_detection.php");

It becomes:
<?php require_once("libraries/joomla/utilities/browser_detection.php");

Search for the following code somewhere in line 60:
$attribs['onclick'] = "window.open(this.href,'win2','".$status."'); return false;";

Replace the line with the following code:
$user_browser = browser_detection('browser');
if ($user_browser == 'msie7') {
$attribs['target'] = '_blank';
} else {
$attribs['onclick'] =
"window.open(this.href,'win2','".$status."'); return false;";
}

6. Save and upload the file to components/com_content/helpers/.

Note: You may need to clear your cache before you can see the PDF working.

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