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How to download the documents instead of opening inline in the viewer when using web browser viewer in IBM Content Navigator (ICN) v3.0.7?

How To


Summary

webBrowserViewerOpenInlineFileTypes is a value that you can set to indicate which MIME types can be opened inline in the viewer instead of being downloaded when using the browser viewer. The default value is 'image/jpeg,image/jpg,image/gif,image/png,application/pdf,text/'. You can add or remove MIME types by using the default value as an example. The MIME types removed from this custom property value are downloaded instead of being opened inline in the viewer.

Objective

Download documents within the same tab of ICN browse view to avoid opening in a separate blank tab.
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Steps

  • To set the value for custom property, go to ICN Administration Client and navigate to Settings.
  • Under General tab, find 'Additional settings'
  • Select 'New'
  • Type in or choose: webBrowserViewerOpenInlineFileTypes from the drop-down menu
  • Remove the MIME types that are required to be downloaded, the remaining are opened inline in the viewer
  • If it is required for browser to prompt to either Save or Open the document before downloading, make sure to set the browser to 'Always ask' in browser preferences.
Example
To download PDF documents, remove PDF MIME type from the custom property value.
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Set the browser preferences to Always ask for PDF documents in Firefox browser.
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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
21 May 2020

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ibm16211919