# PDF and Flash

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pdf-and-flash/184965
**Category:** web dev
**Created:** [April 9, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pdf-and-flash/184965 "2006-04-09T20:30:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Cracker\_Jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Cracker\_Jack](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cracker_Jack)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pdf-and-flash/184965/1 "2006-04-09T20:30:44Z")

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Can I write or place a pdf document in a flash site for others to download ???

:alien2: Does any 1 knows? If its POSSIBLE?

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### Author: ![bwh2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@bwh2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bwh2)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pdf-and-flash/184965/2 "2006-04-09T20:59:15Z")

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you can link to a pdf, which could then be downloaded.

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### Author: ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pdf-and-flash/184965/3 "2006-04-09T23:51:00Z")

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If you have Flash 8, you could use the FileReference class to make the download progress visible in Flash.

Also, if you didn’t absolutely need a PDF file, you could consider using FlashPaper, which integrates itself more easily within Flash.