Integrate Prizm Viewer in Your Web Application

The best way to integrate Prizm Viewer in your web application is to embed Prizm Viewer in your web pages. For more information, refer to the topic Embed Prizm Viewer in a Web Page. You can also use Prizm Viewer in your web application by allowing your browser to select Prizm Viewer to handle your images based on MIME types and/or file extensions that are associated with Prizm Viewer.

Images and MIME Types

For a list of the standard MIME types and extensions supported, refer to the “Default MIME Types/Extensions” table in the Supported MIME Types topic. Prizm Viewer can be customized during installation to use custom MIME types instead of the standard MIME types. More information about the use of custom MIME types instead of the standard MIME types can also be found in the Customize MIME Types topic.

Caution: If using a custom MIME type, you should take care to define a type that is unique to your organization or document management system. This will help avoid conflicts with other established file associations on end user systems. For example, if your company name is ACME, then you could use the custom MIME type “image/x-acme-prizm” for files that should be displayed using Prizm Viewer.

Custom MIME types for public web sites are especially useful to prevent overwriting existing file associations on user systems. A custom MIME type allows users to take advantage of Prizm Viewer for files accessed through your system, but continue to use their preferred applications for display of files from other systems or web sites.

If you intend to use Prizm Viewer in conjunction with a public internet application, you are encouraged to use the permanent MIME types when delivering image content, since permanent MIME types are not affected by MIME type customization. For Internet Explorer applications, use of the Object tag where the CLASSID is specified as a parameter will also ensure that Prizm Viewer opens your content.