ASP .net PDF privew

Question

I created a PDF file and save it to the disk. But my requirement is that i need to view that document before saving it to the disk. basically i want the priview of PDF before saving it to the disk. Please help ASAP.

Ava Ethan · Answer

Vinit Who is going to be viewing these PDFs before saving it to disk? Also are you trying to prevent from saving on the client-side or server-side? How are you generating the PDF? Is it some type of report? Web browsers don't natively support PDF although there are several plug-ins for browsers that support displaying PDF within the browser itself. If you are looking to prevent from having to save the PDF on the server & allow the client to point to a file there perhaps the solution you are after is to convert PDF to a browser-native format like JPEG or PNG. This would allow the browser to display the preview without needing any plug-in or saving the PDF on the server-side. Such a conversion would require a service on the server-side or a rich-client for the user. Since you are developing in ASP.NET a service likely makes more sense. I did a quick Google search and came across this solution dealing with multi-page PDFs and displaying them with an HTML5 viewer. This might be along the lines of what you're looking for. http://support.leadtools.com/CS/forums/44272/ShowPost.aspx