Web Clipping portlet and pdf files

Hi,
I have created a web clipping portlet which just includes a set of links to HTML and pdf files. When I try to open a link to a pdf file the web clipping portlet fails, but links to the html content work fine
Is it possible using web clipping to open the links to the pdf files and display them in the web clipping portlet ?
Thanks,

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3. Export the trusted server certificates into a file and replace the
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For more information about Oracle Wallet Manager, see Chapter 17 "Using
Oracle Wallet Manager" in Oracle Advanced Security Administrators Guide in
the Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2) documentation section on the Oracle
Technology Network (OTN) (http://otn.oracle.com).
=============
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Please let us know, what could be the problem and try to provde a solution at the earliest.
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Hi,
I have little problem with portal, I can't add web clipping portlet from my web app, which using https.
Has anyone any experience with adding web clipping portlet over ssl? Is it possible? (version 10g, 10.1.2.0.0)
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Please help me if any one has created https based web clipping portlet. I'm getting the following error when https url is used during clipping :
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solution to my problem than the one I discovered. What I really
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