>>>>>>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?
>>
>>I think I just answered this one elsewhere in the thread. If you need more specifics let me know....
>
>Thank you!
>
>I already started to piece something together based on your idea. Its gonna take me a bit as i am not that familiar with the whole .net, asp, and vb stuff (in case i havn't mentioned that before :-) ) I am just an ol' Fox guy.

If it helps (assuming the .FilePath is set to "PDFProvider.aspx?Somefile.pdf") then in the Page_Load of PDFProvider.aspx:

string fileName = Request.QueryString[0];
            Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
            //Impersonate a user here who has access to the required file
            string path = RouteToFolderHoldingPDF + fileName;
            Response.WriteFile(path);

should render Somefile.pdf to the frame.