How to use ViewerJS to display PDF (locally, without Webserver)

Asked May 18 '15 at 10:59

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I am trying to view/open a PDF file with usage of a local HTML file and ViewerJS
(without Webserver, i just open the HTML-File with a Browser).

In short, it doesn't work. PDF is not displayed (Error: File not found)

This is my directory structure:
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This is content of folder ViewerJS:

This is my local HTML-File (PDFViewer.html), which i try to open in a Browser:

<html>
  <head>
  </head>
  <body>
    <iframe src = "/ViewerJS/#../sample.pdf"></iframe>
    <iframe src = "/ViewerJS/#./sample.pdf"></iframe>
    <iframe src = "/ViewerJS/#/sample.pdf"></iframe>
    <iframe src = "/ViewerJS/#sample.pdf"></iframe>

    <iframe src = "ViewerJS/#../sample.pdf"></iframe>
    <iframe src = "ViewerJS/#./sample.pdf"></iframe>
    <iframe src = "ViewerJS/#/sample.pdf"></iframe>
    <iframe src = "ViewerJS/#sample.pdf"></iframe>
  </body>
</html>

What i am doing wrong?
What i am missing?

asked May 18 '15 at 10:59

Ben

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The instructions on http://viewerjs.org/ specifically ask u to install the js on a webserver!!!! – Arcanyx May 18 '15 at 11:03
Is there no way to use it **without** a webserver? – Ben May 18 '15 at 11:22
If you're comfortable with node.js/npm environment, a colleague showed me server-lite, which takes something like 5mn to set up and allow you to test it. – Asoub Sep 22 '17 at 07:30
I have the same issue have you solved!! – Mohammad Fared Jan 08 '18 at 13:41
i have the same issue too... how? – Sam YC Sep 17 '20 at 09:32

How to use ViewerJS to display PDF (locally, without Webserver)

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