How to host pdf files on the QlikView Webserver or open a pdf through the Full Browser (AJAX) client

[Daniele_Purrone]

Is it possible to directly open .pdf files through the Full Browser client or host them on the QlikView WebServer? 

In the QlikView Desktop client it is possible to use an External Actions to Launch or Open a .pdf file stored on a fileshare.  This does not work when using the Full Browser Client (AJAX) on the AccessPoint. 

Environments:

QlikView server, any

Launching external programs is not possible with the Full Browser (AJAX) client, and the Open URL action is can only be used with an HTTP address. Any files (such as a .pdf) will need to be hosted on a webserver prior to being integrated with the QlikView AJAX client. 
This is how to do it using the QlikView WebServer:

• In the QlikView Management Console, navigate to System > Setup > Qlikview Web Servers
• Open the Web tab
• In the list of Root Folders, add a new one. Name it, for example, test.
• Include the in full file path pointing to the location of your PDF document. Example: C:\Users\Administrator.DOMAIN.000\Documents\PDF\
• Hit Apply
• Restart the QlikView WebServer service

You can now navigate to http://qlikviewservername/test/pdfdocumentname.pdf   

Copy that URL and add it to your button in your document as an external action using open URL and test it in AJAX, it should then open the pdf document in another tab.