topic Re: Dynamically showing a PDF file in Embed widget in ArcGIS Experience Builder Questions

Dynamically showing a PDF file in Embed widget

ChristopherKreuter — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 12:39:12 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to dynamically show a PDF via the embed widget. I am using a List to select the item then i would like to show the associated PDF.

Does anyone have any ideas into this?

Thank you.

Re: Dynamically showing a PDF file in Embed widget

TonghuiMing — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 09:19:27 GMT

If your PDFs are stored as URL values for a field in the data source the List widget uses, you can set a dynamic URL in the Embed widget to achieve that.

However, there is a browser security limitation on displaying the PDF directly in iframe (Embed widget):

https://doc.arcgis.com/en/experience-builder/latest/configure-widgets/embed-widget.htm

In these cases, try using a browser extension might work, like PDF viewer from Chrome.

Re: Dynamically showing a PDF file in Embed widget

apgis16 — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:37:24 GMT

I am trying to do this in Experience Builder but with only PDF attachments. I know they released an Instant App that basically does this (with some browser limitations) but I want to do it in experience builder to be able to customize it more and add more widgets. Is there a workaound for viewing a PDF attachment in Experience Builder? I was hoping the Document Viewer widget would help but I see that's only for Autodesk stuff.