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  • Jules Winfield
    #1

    Embed PDF in Winforms

    Good Day, Gentlemen:

    I've been tasked with creating a screen that allows users to
    double-click items from list of filenames. Each filename in the list
    corresponds to a PDF file. On double-click, the corresponding PDF file
    should be displayed. The catch is that the PDF viewer needs to be embedded
    *inside* my WinForms app, as opposed to being externally launched. The user
    needs to be able to scroll through the PDF and optionally print it.

    Does anyone know how to do this? I don't mind purchasing a 3rd party
    component, so long as it's a fully managed .NET component.

    Help a brother out,

    Jules


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    • Mehdi
      #2
      Re: Embed PDF in Winforms

      On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:07:56 -0500, Jules Winfield wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > I've been tasked with creating a screen that allows users to
      > double-click items from list of filenames. Each filename in the list
      > corresponds to a PDF file. On double-click, the corresponding PDF file
      > should be displayed. The catch is that the PDF viewer needs to be embedded
      > *inside* my WinForms app, as opposed to being externally launched. The user
      > needs to be able to scroll through the PDF and optionally print it.[/color]

      You can simply add the Acrobat ActiveX control to your toolbox and then
      drag & drop it on your form. Easy. Or use the Web Browser ActiveX; but if
      you only need to display PDF files, the Acrobat control is probably the
      best option.

        Comment

        • Mehdi
          #3
          Re: Embed PDF in Winforms

          On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:07:56 -0500, Jules Winfield wrote:
          [color=blue]
          > I've been tasked with creating a screen that allows users to
          > double-click items from list of filenames. Each filename in the list
          > corresponds to a PDF file. On double-click, the corresponding PDF file
          > should be displayed. The catch is that the PDF viewer needs to be embedded
          > *inside* my WinForms app, as opposed to being externally launched. The user
          > needs to be able to scroll through the PDF and optionally print it.[/color]

          You can simply add the Acrobat ActiveX control to your toolbox and then
          drag & drop it on your form. Easy. Or use the Web Browser ActiveX; but if
          you only need to display PDF files, the Acrobat control is probably the
          best option.

            Comment

            • Jules Winfield
              #4
              Re: Embed PDF in Winforms

              > You can simply add the Acrobat ActiveX control to your toolbox and then[color=blue]
              > drag & drop it on your form. Easy. Or use the Web Browser ActiveX; but if
              > you only need to display PDF files, the Acrobat control is probably the
              > best option.[/color]

              Thanks for the tip. Does this ActiveX control come pre-installed with
              Windows or is it installed when the user first installs Acrobat?


                Comment

                • Jules Winfield
                  #5
                  Re: Embed PDF in Winforms

                  > You can simply add the Acrobat ActiveX control to your toolbox and then[color=blue]
                  > drag & drop it on your form. Easy. Or use the Web Browser ActiveX; but if
                  > you only need to display PDF files, the Acrobat control is probably the
                  > best option.[/color]

                  Thanks for the tip. Does this ActiveX control come pre-installed with
                  Windows or is it installed when the user first installs Acrobat?


                    Comment

                    • Mehdi
                      #6
                      Re: Embed PDF in Winforms

                      On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:03:52 -0500, Jules Winfield wrote:
                      [color=blue][color=green]
                      >> You can simply add the Acrobat ActiveX control to your toolbox and then
                      >> drag & drop it on your form. Easy. Or use the Web Browser ActiveX; but if
                      >> you only need to display PDF files, the Acrobat control is probably the
                      >> best option.[/color]
                      >
                      > Thanks for the tip. Does this ActiveX control come pre-installed with
                      > Windows or is it installed when the user first installs Acrobat?[/color]

                      It's installed as part as the Acrobat Reader install so the user has to
                      have Acrobat reader on his PC. You should try to find some documentation
                      about this ActiveX (there must be something on the Adobe web site) and in
                      particular determine which version of Acrobat Reader is required to support
                      embeding its ActiveX control in a Windows application so that you can tell
                      you users which version they need.

                        Comment

                        • Mehdi
                          #7
                          Re: Embed PDF in Winforms

                          On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:03:52 -0500, Jules Winfield wrote:
                          [color=blue][color=green]
                          >> You can simply add the Acrobat ActiveX control to your toolbox and then
                          >> drag & drop it on your form. Easy. Or use the Web Browser ActiveX; but if
                          >> you only need to display PDF files, the Acrobat control is probably the
                          >> best option.[/color]
                          >
                          > Thanks for the tip. Does this ActiveX control come pre-installed with
                          > Windows or is it installed when the user first installs Acrobat?[/color]

                          It's installed as part as the Acrobat Reader install so the user has to
                          have Acrobat reader on his PC. You should try to find some documentation
                          about this ActiveX (there must be something on the Adobe web site) and in
                          particular determine which version of Acrobat Reader is required to support
                          embeding its ActiveX control in a Windows application so that you can tell
                          you users which version they need.

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                            • SharpCoderMP
                              #8
                              Re: Embed PDF in Winforms

                              if you don't want to relay on acrobat you have to invest in third party
                              components there are few of them but they arent cheap. you may want to
                              look at pdftron which is very rich general purpouse library or pdf
                              rasterizer which is more specilized one. there are others so try
                              googling them.

                              Jules Winfield wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
                              >>You can simply add the Acrobat ActiveX control to your toolbox and then
                              >>drag & drop it on your form. Easy. Or use the Web Browser ActiveX; but if
                              >>you only need to display PDF files, the Acrobat control is probably the
                              >>best option.[/color]
                              >
                              >
                              > Thanks for the tip. Does this ActiveX control come pre-installed with
                              > Windows or is it installed when the user first installs Acrobat?
                              >
                              >[/color]

                                Comment

                                • SharpCoderMP
                                  #9
                                  Re: Embed PDF in Winforms

                                  if you don't want to relay on acrobat you have to invest in third party
                                  components there are few of them but they arent cheap. you may want to
                                  look at pdftron which is very rich general purpouse library or pdf
                                  rasterizer which is more specilized one. there are others so try
                                  googling them.

                                  Jules Winfield wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
                                  >>You can simply add the Acrobat ActiveX control to your toolbox and then
                                  >>drag & drop it on your form. Easy. Or use the Web Browser ActiveX; but if
                                  >>you only need to display PDF files, the Acrobat control is probably the
                                  >>best option.[/color]
                                  >
                                  >
                                  > Thanks for the tip. Does this ActiveX control come pre-installed with
                                  > Windows or is it installed when the user first installs Acrobat?
                                  >
                                  >[/color]

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