Display PDF file in winform

Question

Hi Guys Can you help me about Display PDF in WinForm . Please do not suggest me for install Adobe Reader .

alice yang · Answer

Hi Ajay, To display PDF file without installing Adobe Reader, you need to use a 3rd party library, like this: http://www.e-iceblue.com/Introduce/free-pdf-viewer-net.html Tutorial: http://www.e-iceblue.com/Tutorials/Spire.PDFViewer/Program-Guide/Open-PDF-Document-with-C-VB.NET-via-PDF-Viewer.html This is a free pdf viewer for .NET, it supports you to do manipulations such as load, view, export pdf files and doesn't require you to install adobe or any other tool. Apart from displaying, if you also need to creat, write, read, convert pdf files,etc. You can try this: http://www.e-iceblue.com/Introduce/free-pdf-component.html

Siya Akshay · Answer

Since you don't want to rely on Adobe, you need to use a library that can render PDF files. See these links: https://code.google.com/archive/p/pdfviewer-win32/ https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf https://www.leadtools.com/help/leadtools/v19/dh/to/leadtools.topics.controls~c.topics.imageviewer_using.html

Ajay Gupta · Answer

Hi Amit Please read above post or discussion.

Ajay Gupta · Answer

Hi Amit Please read above post or discussion.

amit varma · Answer

i think the easiest way is to use the Adobe PDF reader COM Component right click on your toolbox & select "Choose Items" Select the "COM Components" tab Select "Adobe PDF Reader" then click ok Drag & Drop the control on your form & modify the "src" Property to the PDF files you want to read i hope this helps

Ajay Gupta · Answer

I tried webBrowser option but Problem is webBrowser not showing pdf they given to me download option .

Ajay Gupta · Answer

I tried webBrowser option but Problem is webBrowser not showing pdf they given to me download option .

Ajay Gupta · Answer

You have any example Show PDF using webBrowser.

Shubham Kumar · Answer

if you are using windows form control which is webbrowser so you don't hv need to installed adove reader in client machine

Ajay Gupta · Answer

If Client System does not have Adobe Reader than My pdf code will not work.

Shubham Kumar · Answer

Hi Ajay if you are using windows form directly so its necessary to installed adobe in your system if you are not welling with this approch so you can show the pdf in windows form control which is webbrowser its same like windows form and its a windows form control.

Ajay Gupta · Answer

Thank yor for Your response But I want to open in winForm not in Browser .

Shubham Kumar · Answer

You can use a approach is to place a WebBrowser Control into your Form and then use the Navigate method for opening the PDF file: ThewebBrowserControl.Navigate(@"c:	he_file.pdf");

Display PDF file in winform

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