Is there anyway to create a database to store
PDF files for viewing?. If so which DB template
should be used?.
Subject: Not directly, but any database with a richtext field …
… and as long as you’ve got Acrobat Reader installed, you can view them diretly. And, if you choose to fulltext index your database, the Domino indexer may also index the content of your PDF files. Beware that the indexer doesn’t work with rel 1.4 of Acrobat format and beyond…
Subject: Storing PDF files in Notes
Barry,
Yeah, it’s simple. Just create a form with a rich text field and then create one or more documents where you put the PDF(s) into that rich text field. You can do this manually or programmatically. Lastly, give your users access to the Notes document(s) that contain the PDF file(s). Whether your users are on web browsers or Notes clients, the Adobe Acrobat Reader will still launch and open the file for viewing after the user clicks on the attachment link (assuming of course that the one-time setup of installing Acrobat Reader was performed on each of their machines and the plug-in got added to their browser during the install).
Ken