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From: Steve Green
Date: Nov 26, 2022 6:09AM

It's worth making the distinction between delivering a PDF to a browser and embedding a PDF in a reader in a page. When you deliver a PDF to a browser, the behaviour is under the user's control, at least in most browsers. By default the PDF will open in the browser, but you can change the browser settings so the PDF opens in your preferred application instead.

By contrast, if you embed a PDF in a reader in a page, it will always display that way. However, every embedded reader I have seen has a button that allows you to download the PDF and open it in your preferred application.

Steve