Open pdf in popup browser window

Hello
I want to show a pdf file which is stored in a blob column in the database in a popup browser window.
I'm using apex 4.1 (soon 4.2) ans an 11gR2 database.
I searched the OTN forum and found a lot of threads about this issue but I do not see a solution that works fine for me.
Most inspiration from this post:
Show PDF ....
There is an example application from Kumar:
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=52018
worspace: kumar2003
username: test_user
password: test
application: 52018
Test1 is the solution I want to create.
I tried :
Content-Disposition: inline;and that works almost fine. Only the pdf is not in a popup browser window.
Patrick Wolf suggests:
<a href="your_download_link" target="_blank">PDF</a>But I do not exactly know what he means.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards Erik

Hi,
I hope I understood your question correctly, if so my suggestion may be helpful. Otherwise I think it's nearly the same what paul writes, I only made clear my proposal in a website for you, first a photo:
and here is the link: http://www.goldschmiede-blumberg.de/pdf/adob_pdf.php.
Note 1: "Ausgabe 9" und "ein Mausklick hier genügt" are links!!
Note 2: " Um pdf-Dateien ...." Means: To read pdf files, you need the free Adobe Reader. The current version you can download from the Adobe website.
Look at it's source code.
Viel Erfolg
Hans-G.

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