Now it provides additional options like Edit Document, Check-in,Check out,Discard check out for PDF documents. If we say Edit Document, PDF automatically opens the document in Reader X and also asks whether I want to check out
It also provides a UI cue for the checked out document too
It also provides a UI cue for the checked out document too
How to configure SharePoint Server for this ?
You need to find and edit the DocIcon.xml in all Web front end server. Basically Docicon.xml performs three functions
Find <ByExtension> tag in the file under <DocIcons> tag, Create it if it doesn't exist
Add a child tag under <ByExtension>with the below content
<Mapping Key="pdf" Value="AdobePDF.png" OpenControl="AdobeAcrobat.OpenDocuments"/>
Save DocIcon.xml file
Download AdobePDF.png image from http://www.adobe.com/go/acrobatitinfo.
Copy the icon to below location
You need to find and edit the DocIcon.xml in all Web front end server. Basically Docicon.xml performs three functions
- Associates icons to file types
- Assigns an ActiveX control to a file type for editing or viewing
- Provide the text in ECB menu for that document type
- SharePoint 2007: %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\XML
- SharePoint 2010: %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\14\TEMPLATE\XML
Find <ByExtension> tag in the file under <DocIcons> tag, Create it if it doesn't exist
Add a child tag under <ByExtension>with the below content
<Mapping Key="pdf" Value="AdobePDF.png" OpenControl="AdobeAcrobat.OpenDocuments"/>
Save DocIcon.xml file
Download AdobePDF.png image from http://www.adobe.com/go/acrobatitinfo.
Copy the icon to below location
- SharePoint 2007: %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\Images\
- SharePoint 2010: %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\14\TEMPLATE\Images\