web
You’re offline. This is a read only version of the page.
close
Skip to main content
Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id : sg6pzLhnHjzRRB6IYT5zzz
Power Pages - Design & Build
Unanswered

Power Pages/Portals

Like (0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on 31 Aug 2022 16:50:51 by 21

Has anyone put a PDF viewer on a portal/power page? What did you use? We have a client that doesn't want their customers to be able to download the PDF and also would like a find/search feature. The PDFs can be fairly large, possibly a couple hundred pages or more. We are using pdf.js and are able to view, but when adding the search/find it doesn't work for pages 2 and beyond. We tried using pdfjsviewer also with no luck. Any ideas to fulfill our client requests would be great. Thanks!

Categories:
I have the same question (0)
  • Jady Profile Picture
    134 on 05 Mar 2024 at 04:27:31
    Re: Power Pages/Portals

    I'd guess the document properties for each PDF should be configured to disable printing. Not sure you can disable saving a PDF, as it's downloaded in order to view it, therefore saved in your browser cache. 

  • MarieAS Profile Picture
    21 on 04 Mar 2024 at 22:41:04
    Re: Power Pages/Portals

    We ended up using SharePoint and the native viewer and adjusting the settings so the file(s) could not be downloaded.

  • Christian Leverenz Profile Picture
    1,214 on 31 Aug 2022 at 17:06:53
    Re: Power Pages/Portals

    Hi @MarieAS ,

    not a solution but an additional question, sorry: we have clients with the same requirement: see and browse the pdf, but do not download/print it. 

    As far as i know is it like this: when the pdf content shall be visible within the browser, the pdf content has somehow to be in the browser. When it is in the browser, it already is at the client.

    May be i am wrong with this interpretation of pdf.

    I responded to the client, that Adobe Digital Editions might be the right response to this question. Because i know from my public library, when i loan a book, its sometimes forbidden to save or print it. So, This might be the right way as the pdf then would be encrypted at the client.

    But to be honest: i did not follow that idea as most clients did not request it anymore (or made a legal agreement with the users that its forbidden to diestribute the pdf) 🙂

    So, sorry for the long text but this is really a frequent request from my clients, too 🙂

     

    Have fun,

      Christian

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

Quick Links

Responsible AI policies

As AI tools become more common, we’re introducing a Responsible AI Use…

Telen Wang – Community Spotlight

We are honored to recognize Telen Wang as our August 2025 Community…

Congratulations to the July Top 10 Community Leaders!

These are the community rock stars!

Leaderboard > Power Pages

#1
Fubar Profile Picture

Fubar 62 Super User 2025 Season 2

#2
Lucas001 Profile Picture

Lucas001 48 Super User 2025 Season 2

#3
KevinGador Profile Picture

KevinGador 44 Super User 2025 Season 2

Featured topics

Loading complete