How have you setup the backend? Are you simply uploading in the file and images section or are you attaching to a page via a FileField.

If you have done the former and you want to include the file in a page you should select the link text in the content editor (well the text you want to link to the file) and click the link icon in the tinymce toolbar. You can then select the file you want to make the link too.

If you are going to do the FileField / relationship option (such as tutorial 2 shows you with attaching images) then you should have a has_one relationship setup then in the templates you can use $NameOfFileField to get the pdf file you have uploaded - you can then use any methods like Link, Title on that to get a download like eg <a href="$NameOfFileField.Link">$NameOfFileField.Title</a>.

I don't think you have much control over whether the browser opens it or downloads it. Some browsers will override all downloading of PDFs (like safari) so not sure you can override that, you *may* be able to send it some header to force it as a standard file rather than pdf but not sure.

Hello,

I'm trying to do the FileField / relationship option and have the following:

static $has_one = array(
   'PDF' => 'File',
'Photo' => 'Image'
);

function getCMSFields() {
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();

$fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.Images", new ImageField('Photo'));
   $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.Files", new FileIFrameField('PDF'));
...

The template:
<div id="PcFile">
      <a href="$PDF.URL">$PDF.Title</a>
   </div>

Unfortunately, in the frontend there just appears a broken link:

<div id="PcFile">
      <a href="/assets/"> </a>
</div>

My file is showing up correctly in the backend and I finally want to offer the same link (with the icon of a .pdf/.doc) in the frontend.

What am I doing wrong??

Thx

Hi Invader,

I gave it a try and it leads to the same false result. The method "Link" leads so the following output: "/assets/" instead of "/assets/uploads/myfile.*"