Opening PDF in client incorrectly adds to browser history

When I click on PDFs, they open in an Adobe window. However, I have to click the back button as many times as I have opened PDF’s. Is there a way to open the PDFs in the client
but not have the containing folder written to the back history?

Hi,
don't use a hyperlink element to link to your PDF documents. Clicking a hyperlink adds an entry to the travel log. If you choose the "Save target as" context menu for a resource link, no travel log entry is created.
eg. <a href="path/pdfdocument.pdf">pdfdocument</a>
use a button element instead.
<button type="button" onclick="download.aspx?pdfdocument.pdf">Download pdfdocument</button>
(note: !important specify type="button" otherwise the button element defaults to type="submit" which triggers form.submit which may raise a navigation and travel log events).
PDF documents are opened by ActiveX addons in MSIE browsers.. (Adobe PDF Reader)
Outcomes for embedded pdf documents vary depending on your security zone settings, addons settings or PDF Reader settings and version).. For consistent behavior force the download of the pdf document.
if downloading from a https uri the "Do not save secure content to disk" option on the advanced tab of Internet Options must be unchecked (default)... if you have a server side download manager, then there is no need to use a https uri.
Rob^_^

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