event.setLayout to create pdf using bootstrap modal

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This might be slightly off topic but maybe someone else ran into this issues.

I’m using a bootstrap modal window in an attempt to display a pdf. I’m basically setting the layout and my layout contains cfdocument to format the view. This works fine in a normal browser window but if this is inside a bootstrap modal what I get is the pdf binary stream. If I wrap the view in an iframe it resolves the issue but that causes me some other headaches because I’m planning to use interactive PDFs. Anyone have advice for PDFs in a bootstrap modal? Is my setLayout using cfdocument the best approach?

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you can use render view with type=“pdf"

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Jonathan,

Did you ever get this worked out? I’m trying to do the exact same thing here, and cannot figure it out.

Let me know.
Thank you.
-Chris

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Chris,

My only work around was to use an iFrame. I don’t really like it but it worked. Creates unnecessary views which adds to my troubleshooting steps.

Jonathan