iPad iOS 5.0.1 can not open pdf document in iBooks: http://www.dgs.pt?mid=0&cr=21520

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iPad iOS 5.0.1 can not open pdf document in iBooks: http://www.dgs.pt?mid=0&cr=21520

It's a simple PDF document, relating to medical information. Safari opens the PDF in OS X Snow Leopard and Lion does it too; iPhone 4S opens the document, perfectly and instantly but not my iPad? It was updated to iOS 5.0.1 just because of it, JavaScript is enabled and several other pdf documents, in other websites,open properly with iBook. The document is work related and not available from the iPad? It's a simple document, updated monthly, nothing complex. Will Apple correct this JavaScript functionality on iPad or do I have to use a netbook half the price in order to do it?

http://www.dgs.pt?mid=0&cr=21520 - Health and Medical site for professionals.

Almost a switcher but not quite there yet...

iPad, iOS 5.0.1, JavaScript issue

Posted on Jan 6, 2012 11:31 AM

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Answer 1

Demo

Level 10

166,519 points

Jan 6, 2012 11:38 AM in response to joséfromcorroios

If you are talking about the file about infant mortality - sorry I dont speak Spanish but I think that might be what it is - with the green cover - I can open it in Safari and subsequently open it in iBooks just fine.

Is that the file that you are talking about? Did you tap on the file folder icon to open it?

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Answer 2

Jan 6, 2012 2:11 PM in response to Demo

It's not spanish, it's portuguese and of course I did press the folder icon. I've been working with computers for over 20 years and I know all about Windows, Unix, DOS, Linux and Mac OS. My iPad does not open it nor does an iPad from a GSM/Apple Store in a shopping mall. Do you get points by point out the obvious? You shouldn't...

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Answer 3

Jan 6, 2012 2:23 PM in response to joséfromcorroios

Do you get points by point out the obvious? You shouldn't...

You don't get help by being rude either. Don't expect anyone else to offer you any further help with that attitude.

(That PDF works fine for me too - must be just you.)

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Answer 4

Jan 6, 2012 3:28 PM in response to Julian Wright

I don't need help from someone who has the time to comment on someone else's rudeness, such as yourself. Can't you read? I wrote that I tested it on a public iPad, in an Apple Store and it did NOT work. It's the first time I have an issue with the iPad. Everything else, even complex tasks, I was able to do. I'm not ranting, I'm just disappointed, this isn't "magical" at all.

(That PDF works fine for me too - must be just you.)

Thank you for naught.

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Answer 5

Jan 7, 2012 4:43 AM in response to joséfromcorroios

It is working now. Safari opens the PDF and offers iBooks functionality. As it should. I did not do anything to the iPad.

I will try to open the same PDF in the Apple Store (shopping mall) for confirmation (yesterday it didn't work).

Thank you community.

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Answer 6

Dah•veed

Level 9

64,819 points

Jan 10, 2012 1:42 PM in response to joséfromcorroios

¿Por que este mal comportamiento con mi amigo Demo? El solo quiere ayudarte. Con este tipo de actitud como un pendejo nadie quiere ayudarte en el futuro.

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