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Trying to use ViewPDF macro

rsingh
rsingh November 19, 2012

When using the macro ViewPDF macro to embed a PDF on Internet Explorer the following message is displayed on the page

You need flash player installed to preview ppt and pdf files

There is no issue in firefox

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rsingh
rsingh December 5, 2012

After contacting confluence support it seems to be a bug and now is awaiting a fix https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27305

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rsingh
rsingh November 19, 2012

We are using Confluence 4.2.2, we do have flash installed in IE.

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rsingh
rsingh November 19, 2012

We are using Confluence 4.2.2, we do have flash installed in IE.

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Peter von Hofer
Peter von Hofer November 19, 2012

The PDF is displayed through flash. You just have to install flash player in IE.

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November 19, 2012

Hi,

May I know what is the version of Confluence you are running? As it seems to have a known issue with older versions of Confluence.

Thanks in advance.

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