Opening pdf documents inside firefox with foxit

I recently switched to foxit reader for viewing pdf.

Earlier (with Adobe reader) for pdf links on web sites, I used to view pdf inside browser window in firefox.

Now pdf opens in foxit reader. Is it because Adobe comes with browser plugin and Foxit doesn't. Is there any addon to achieve this ?

Thanks !!

 

You need foxit pdf plugin. Apparently it's not supported officially, you can find more info and the plugin here http://www.pdfdownload.org/faq.php

I tried it a while ago but couldn't get it to work on Vista. It requires manual patching and the files are quite dated.

Now I just open pdf with foxit reader externally, it loads up pretty damn fast anyway.

 

FF
tools->options->File Type->manage

add any extensions and what app to open from there

cheers ...

 

Tried that few days back....doesn't work !!

I just don't want to open pdf file.....I want to open it inside a browser !!

 

I tried that but it doesn't seem to work on Vista...makes firefox crash.....

Anyways thanks both for help !! Repped u both

 

try this for foxit, it says for xp, but it should work for vista as well, follow the link
http://www.drowaelder.de/winpe/pdfrd/PDFReader.htm

cheers ...

 

note (at the bottom of the page):
"Before you can use the PDFReader plugin you must download the program
and copy all files to the plugin/files directory."

cheers ...

 

plugin/files where ?

Where are the installation instructions ?

 

Firefox plugins directory

 

go to the page
http://www.drowaelder.de/winpe/pdfrd/PDFReader.htm

and click on the pdfreader (that is the link) to
http://foxitsoftware.com/products.htm

scroll down and pick up the pdf reader tool - remember the instruction ("Before you can use the PDFReader plugin you must download the program
and copy all files to the plugin/files directory.)

cheers ...

 

Its so confusing....

Tried all but doesn't work ? Did u get it to work ?

 

try this:
. download the pdfreader from foxit site as above
. unzip the file into firefox/plugins directory
. download the pdf plugin ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/636 )
. install it and restart firefox

now each time that u click on a link that is a pdf link, u will have the choice of download it, open it, view as html (this is what u want) or bypass pdf download (quicker step if u have plenty of memory) or cancel

and yes, it works for me

cheers ...

 

I must be doing something really stupid that's not working for me

Anyhow, I figured another way to do it. You need the IE tab addon for firefox, and you can find it here if you don't have it already https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

Basically with foxit pdf reader, you can open pdf documents within Internet Explorer by default.

This is how it works. When you open a pdf, you either switch the current tab into an IE tab using the said addon before opening the pdf document, or alternatively right click the pdf link and "open link in IE tab".

The pdf document should be open in a firefox tab.

 

u downloaded the foxit pdf viewer from here?
http://foxitsoftware.com/products.htm

and then follow the instruction?

cheers ...

 

This thing doesn't open my pdf in browser window

 

u meant a link to a pdf file, or u tried to open a pdf file somewhere on ur drive with firefox?

cheers ...

 

link to a pdf file !!

 

u have the link for me to try? it works with the set up i have at the moment as stated in my previous post

cheers ...