C# MVC display pdf in a partial view

Asked Oct 04 '16 at 17:06

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I currently have a partial view with the following line to return a pdf file:

<embed src="@Url.Action( "GenerateBill", "Bill" )" width="100%" height="600" />

However, instead of retrieve the pdf this way, I want to save the pdf into a view model and return it. so the code can be like this:

<embed src="@Model.CurrentBillData" type="application/pdf" width="100%" height="600" />

But I am getting a blank page back. Can someone please tell me what I am missing?

asked Oct 04 '16 at 17:06

Kyle

Any help found here? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6439634/view-pdf-as-part-of-the-page – Stinky Towel Oct 04 '16 at 17:08
Put an iframe in a partial view and bind it to the pdf document. Then use the partial view in your other views – Nagaraj Raveendran Oct 04 '16 at 17:13
Return it as stream, then the browser should take care of the rest as long as you state the type. – Hozikimaru Oct 04 '16 at 17:51
@SurgeonofDeath, no luck. tried to return as FileStreamResult with memoryStream, and "application/pdf", I got a blank pdf file. – Kyle Oct 04 '16 at 20:46
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nevermind. I forgot to set the position of the stream to 0. – Kyle Oct 04 '16 at 20:52

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