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Display pdf through impersonate does not work
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11/03/2011 12:00:04
 
 
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10/03/2011 17:39:04
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Forum:
ASP.NET
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Environment:
ASP.NET
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Application:
Web
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Thread ID:
01503266
Message ID:
01503349
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20
>>>Hello Everybody.
>>>
>>>I got some problems with impersonation.
>>>
>>>I have created a asp.net intranet site. The short of it is that the end user gets a grid displayed with pdf files. The pdf files are located on another sever behind locked security to which the enduser has no directly access.
>>>
>>>When the user clicks on a file in the grid the site should display the pdf file in an embeded pdf viewer on that page. In order to accomplish this i use impersonation in the code-behind secion.
>>>Using impersonationContext As New WindowsImpersonationContextFacade()
>>>   Me.ShowPdf1.FilePath = c_TempFilePath
>>>End Using
>>>(Note: this code is used from here with some modifications to fit my purposes. I also know this works because i use the exact same code in a vb.net app to access the same files successfully.)
>>>
>>>As long as i am testing this (domain admin with rights to that repository) it works fine - so i know the basic loading of the file works. However, for the enduser it does not work. They don't get an error, but the pdf does not display.
>>>
>>>My assumption is that the file does not actually get loaded in the behind-code but that code only passes the info to the client and the client loads the file.
>>>
>>>If that is true, that would explain the failure as the client does not have the read right to the repository and the impersonation is already gone.
>>>
>>>Question:
>>>- am i correct with my assumption?
>>>- how do I do this correctly?
>>>
>>>As always - thank you for your great help!
>>
>>
>>What does ShowPDF method do?
>>
>>If it isn't sending pulling the file as a filestream (or some other mechanism of getting the file to the webserver app) and then presenting the file to the client, your impersonation will make no difference.
>
>Hello William
>
>Thanks for your reply!
>
>The ShowPDF1 is acually an object (bad naming i know :-) ).
>that object is based on this. Which, If i understood this correctly just passes the full pdf file path/name to the object.

Does anyone know as to how to stream a pdf file to an embeded pdf viewer/reader on a web page?
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