How to open PDF files,HTML files in browser in Sharepoint 2010

Below are the few methods to Open PDF files,HTM files in browser in Sharepoint 2010 ::

Web Application level setting: Method 1 (UI)

• Go to SharePoint 2010 Central Administration > Application Management > Manage Web Applications
• Select the row of your web application
• Click General Settings in the ribbon
• Scroll down to Browser File Handling and select Permissive
• Click Ok

Web Application level setting: Method 2

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$webApp = Get-SPWebApplication http://intranet.domain/ $webApp.BrowserFileHandling = "permissive" $webApp.update()

Web Application level setting: Method 3 (recommended)

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$webApp = Get-SPWebApplication http://intranet.domain/ If ($webApp.AllowedInlineDownloadedMimeTypes -notcontains "application/pdf") {   Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "Adding Pdf MIME Type..."   $webApp.AllowedInlineDownloadedMimeTypes.Add("application/pdf")   $webApp.Update()   Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "Added and saved." } Else {   Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "Pdf MIME type is already added." }

Site Collection level

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$site = get-spsite "http://intranet.domain/sites/somesite" foreach ( $subsite in $site.allwebs )  {   foreach ($list in $subsite.Lists)   {    if($list.browserfilehandling -eq "Strict")    {     $list.browserfilehandling = "Permissive";     $list.update();    }   }  }

Site level ( SPWeb )

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$web = Get-SPWeb "http://intranet.domain/sites/somesite/someweb" foreach ($list in $web.Lists)  {   if($list.browserfilehandling -eq "Strict")   {    $list.browserfilehandling = "Permissive";    $list.update();   }  }

List Level

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$web= Get-SPWeb "http://intranet.domain/sites/somesite/someweb" $list = $web.Lists["MyList"]  if($list.browserfilehandling -eq "Strict")  {   $list.browserfilehandling = "Permissive";   $list.update();  }

Hope this helps...