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HTMLHelp Forums _ Client-side Scripting _ Javascript To Open PDF From Select Option

Posted by: joehesse Sep 2 2018, 11:19 AM

Hi,
I have the following in my html file: The file was generated from php on the server.

<select id="MyFiles">
<option value='dir/file1.pdf'>file1</option>
<option value='dir/file2.pdf'>file2</option>
<option value='dir/file3.pdf'>file3</option>
</select>

In the above, "dir" is a folder above the html server root directory.
When the user clicks on a row I would like the pdf to open in a separate tab. What jquery or javascript do I need to do this?

Thank you,
Joe

Posted by: Darin McGrew Sep 2 2018, 04:50 PM

Please see the FAQ entry http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/forms.html#form-navmenu

Posted by: pandy Sep 2 2018, 11:31 PM

And there's problem with where you have the files.

QUOTE(joehesse @ Sep 2 2018, 06:19 PM)

In the above, "dir" is a folder above the html server root directory.

You can't access files located above the web root from the web. And, if you could, those URLs would be wrong.