Unable to edit a PDF document after migrating to SharePoint 2010

Question

Hello all. I have a MOSS2007 SharePoint site with a couple of document libraries. Users with Adobe Acrobat installed can edit the PDF documents inline. We then migrated (database migration) to SharePoint 2010 Server and this functionality was lost: the "Edit document" format has been disabled.

What can be the problem? Why the functionality was lost? Any clue will be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks. 

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Fernando A. Gómez F.
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Answer 1

You might want to try allowing the mime type for pdf's which can be done using powershell:

$wa = get-spwebapplication -identity http://urlofwebapp

$wa.AllowedInlineDownloadedMimeTypes.Add("application/pdf")

$wa.update()

I know it will allow your users to open the pdf file inline but I'm not sure if it will also let them edit it.

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-Chopps

Answer 2

Thanks Jimmy, I'll give it a shot.

Cheers!

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Fernando A. Gómez F.
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Answer 3

Hey Fernando,

Did you get a chance to run the powershell commands yet?  If so, did it work or are your users still having issues?

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-Chopps

Answer 4

Hi Jimmy. Sorry, I did try the commands but didn't work... Still have the problem...

Thanks for the help anyway!

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Answer 5

Have you gone into "SharePoint Central Administration" and modified the "Browser File Handling" of the given "Web Application" and set it to "Permissive"?

"SharePoint Central Administration" --> "Application Management" --> "Manage Web Application" --> Select the Web Application --> Click on "General Settings" --> Scroll down to "Browser File Handling" --> Set it to "Permissive"

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Brian T. Shell

Answer 6

Did you setup the connected users with "Contribute" rights to the documents/pages you have created/posted?

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Randall

Answer 7

Hi Brian, sorry for the delay, but didn't receive any notification to my mail. 

Anyway, yes, I had already tried that with no luck... 

Thanks for the help!

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Answer 8

As it turns, I found the solution. It was the Browse File Handling setting proposed by Brian, but rather than at Central Admin level, it should be done at list level by means of the following PowerShell script. 

foreach ($list in $web.Lists) 
{     
     if($list.title -match "Documents")     
    //return any lists with a title containing “Documents”    
    {         
          if($list.browserfilehandling -eq "Strict")  
          //if the profile is set to strict        
         {             
               $list.browserfilehandling = "Permissive";            
               $list.update();            
               $site.url, $list.title, $list.browserfilehandling  
               //print the list url/name for verification         
          }     
     }  
}

I got this script from this blog by Kim Nguyen, and there's a refined PowerShell script at  this entry (in Spanish).  Hope this helps someone else. 

Cheers!

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Fernando A. Gómez F.
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