How to open a PDF in my application that is stored in my DB.

General Q&A
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I’m looking for some help on how to code the function and button so that I can open a PDF file that is contained within my DB. I assume I would have to have a function and then call that function in the xml.

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Hi Robert

This can be easily accomplished simply by using the component.

So, assuming you have a DB object called product and there is field on product called <field name="catalog_pdf" label="Catalog PDF" type="attachment" media="application/pdf" /> which you use to store PDF files, then you can access that file in your app view as follows.

<var name="product" type="product" />

<display-file bind="inspection.catalog_pdf" />

I hope this helps