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Posted: **Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:14 pm**

Hi everyone,

If I have a PDF linked from my WebHelp map:

    <topichead>
      <topicmeta><navtitle>PDF Files</navtitle></topicmeta>

      <topicref format="pdf" href="pdf/book1.pdf" scope="peer">
        <topicmeta><navtitle>Book 1</navtitle></topicmeta>
      </topicref>

      <topicref format="pdf" href="pdf/book2.pdf" scope="peer">
        <topicmeta><navtitle>Book 2</navtitle></topicmeta>
      </topicref>

    </topichead>

is there some directive I can use to have the PDF open in the topic content area, like this?

image.png

Testcase (publish all deliverables in the project.xml file):

webhelp_linked_pdf_in_frame.zip

Our current publishing software does this, and it would be nice to offer a consistent experience with WebHelp. Thanks!

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2022 12:08 pm**

Hi Chris,

Unfortunately, this is not something that is supported out-of-the-box or could be achieved using the current implementation of WebHelp.
Probably, it could be achieved through a Javascript customization of your own, but we did not test that so far.
I logged an internal improvement request to be analyzed for a possible implementation in a future version of the software. We will update this thread if this will get implemented at some point.

Regards,
Costin

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