IWP Container File Not Working in Portal

[Mary Office Manager]

Hello,

I published my db to the web, and I am having the following problem.

I have a container field (to store a pdf of the invoice/receipt) in a portal. Once I published to the web, the file is missing.

I have the files in a separate db, and it's published to the web as well with the same settings as the expense db.

What should I check?

Thank you,

Mary

[Vaughan]

I'll bet that the pdf file is referenced in the container field, and not embedded.

[Mary Office Manager]

Thank you very much for the reply.

Yes the file is embedded.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks,

Mary :

[Richard Rönnbäck]

Are they using Safari? IWP does not, for some bizarre reason, support displaying PDF's in Safari. Have you looked it from a Windows client using IE (with the Adobe reader installed)

[Mary Office Manager]

They are using Fire Fox and Internet Explorer, either web browser is allowing the pdf to show in the container field when opened on IWP.

I have a separate db for the "files" that the pdf's are stored in. And the expense db references the files db. The pdf's are embeded in the files db. The files db is also IWP.

I'm at a real lost here. Please help!

Thanks!

:frown:

[Mary Office Manager]

CORRECTION....

They are using Fire Fox and Internet Explorer, either web browser is [color:red]NOT allowing the pdf to show in the container field when opened on IWP.

[Mary Office Manager]

I have a script step (button) assigned to the pdf file, "View File" is what I called it.

In that script I have "Export Field Contents" function. Apparently that function is not web compatible, therefore, would that be the problem? I'm not sure b/c if that was the case, then the script wouldn't work, but we'd be able to at least see the file in the container field when in IWP, right?

[MacSig]

Hello, I know this is a old thread but I have the same issue.

I have published on FMS9A with IWP a db. That db has a field that contains a PDF file and I can't access to the PDF. When I click teh first page nothing happens.

Any idea?

Thanks for your help and have a nice day!

MacSig

[So OBonair]

Good day !

I know it is an old post but I have a possible answer, your permissions on both files are not identical.

Voilà!

[MacSig]

the file is actually one. I access directly to it from FM9 and I have imported it into FMS9A.

By the way thanks