How can I display PDF on IE even if adobe is not insalled

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I am facing an issue on IE, if Adobe reader was not installed PC or disabled in ADD ons in IE, no PDF could open on browser. I do not want to obligate users to download Adobe Reader to display PDF, I need a solution that could work on Chrome, Firefox and IE without any need of Adobe installation. Any idea ?
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<embed src="..\UserGuide.pdf" width="740" height="500">

What I have tried:

I was searching for some solution and I found PDF.js and it is interesting, but I cannot find a real documentation for it or how it is called and used. Any help would be appreciated

Posted 12-Dec-16 20:59pm

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Updated 12-Dec-16 23:34pm

Marco Bertschi

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2016-12-12T23:34:00

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Your only option is to use a pdf to html converter - Google Search[^] at your server.

If the client can't read PDFs, you can't force it to!

Posted 12-Dec-16 23:34pm

OriginalGriff