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How can I programmatically open a pdf at first page using Edge Browser and Acrobat PDF .pdf#page= URL fragment?

I have tried www.myexample.pfd#page=1 but does not work. When I tried other pages it works fine but except on page 1 of the pdf.

Solution

  • This is like many browser commands down to user setting.

    Here I asked for page 1 and get page 2 because I was viewing page 2 last time enter image description here

    If I change this setting to off enter image description here

    Then I can expect page 1

    enter image description here

    To see how this works try these two links RIGHT CLICK open new window should with above setting remember page 2 and thus NOT open Page 1 in second window

    https://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf#page=2 https://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf#page=1

    A secondary problem is Edge may also resist reloading the same file

    Answer

    Based on the answer I got from Yu Zhou https://stackoverflow.com/a/74609539/10802527 this usually works.

    So try something like this for page 1 this should work by treating the file as if a different one.

    https://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf?p=1#page=1
    enter image description here