Add New MIME Type to Open PDF Files Directly in Browser

Unable to open PDF/HTML/XML files directly in a browser in SharePoint 2010? The default configuration of SharePoint 2010 does not consider PDF documents safe for displaying in the browser. This script adds a new MIME type to the "AllowedInlineDownloadedMimeTypes" property list of the defined SharePoint.
 
Method 1

1. Open the SharePoint Central Administration.
   
   
   
   
2. Select "Application Management".
3. Click on "Manage Web Applications".
   
   
   
   
4. Select Particular Web Application .
5. Got Ribbon and Select General Settings
   
   
   
   
6. In the Browser File Handling section:
   
   
   
   
7. Select "Permissive" and click "Ok".
   
   
   
   
8. Clear the Browser Cache and open the PDF.
   
   
   

Method 2

Without changing the Web Application Settings (in other words Permissive and Strict).

This script adds a new MIME type to the "AllowedInlineDownloadedMimeTypes" property list of the defined SharePoint 2010 Web Application.
The script prompts you for the MIME type (for example application/pdf, text/html, text/xml) and Web Application URL.

The code shall run in the context of the Farm Administrators group member. 

# <#  

# .DESCRIPTION  

# 

# This script adds new MIME type to "AllowedInlineDownloadedMimeTypes" property list of defined SharePoint 2010 Web Application. 

# 

#  Script prompts you for MIME type and Web Application URL. 

# 

#  Code shall run in context of Farm Administrators group member. 

#  

 

If ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null ) { 

    Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" 

} 

 

Get-SPWebApplication 

 

$WebApp = Get-SPWebApplication $(Read-Host "`nEnter Web Application URL") 

 

Write-Host `n"Mime Type Examples:"`n"application/pdf, text/html, text/xml"`n 

 

If ($WebApp.AllowedInlineDownloadedMimeTypes -notcontains ($MimeType = Read-Host "Enter a required mime type")) 

{ 

  Write-Host -ForegroundColor White `n"Adding" $MimeType "MIME Type to defined Web Application"$WebApp.url 

  $WebApp.AllowedInlineDownloadedMimeTypes.Add($MimeType) 

  $WebApp.Update() 

  Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green `n"The" $MimeType "MIME type has been successfully added." 

} Else { 

  Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red `n"The" $MimeType "MIME type has already been added." 

}