Embedding a pdf file in 10g reports

Hello Dears,
I need to embed some pdf file into my .rdf report in 10g.
I have already done this in forms 10g through bean pdfviewer but i dont know how to do that in reports.
Please help
Qazi

PDFs are technically media files which require a helper app like Acrobat Reader and plug-ins to launch the helper app inside a browser. Many people, myself included, do not have the plug-ins. Or if we do, we choose not to open PDFs in our browsers. System preferences vary from one user to the next. So embedding a PDF inside an iframe will fail to work for a large number of people.
The safest practice is to create a thumbnail image of the PDF to give visitors a visual clue about what it contains. Then provide a direct link to the PDF file. That's how adobe does it on their samples page.
Adobe PDF Samples
http://www.adobe.com/manufacturing/3dpdfsamples/3dsolutions/
Hope this helps,
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
http://alt-web.com/

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