PDF Preview Control

[Steve McKewen]

I am working on project (VS2005 c++) that at one point deals with a
collection of PDF files that get routinely produced (logs and reports).
Is there a way to produce a pdf preview on a control, like a print preview?

I have a listbox showing the current list of PDF files that allows one to be
selected and opened. I would like to show the preview on that form.

Steve

[Sheng Jiang[MVP]]

Re: PDF Preview Control

Sure it can be done. There are many open source projects can decode PDF
files. I am not sure any of them support print preview though.

If you want to display the file in a listbox or a listview, use owner draw
or custom draw. See Windows SDK documentation for samples/tutorials.
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Sheng Jiang
Microsoft MVP in VC++
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I am working on project (VS2005 c++) that at one point deals with a
collection of PDF files that get routinely produced (logs and reports).
Is there a way to produce a pdf preview on a control, like a print

preview?

>
I have a listbox showing the current list of PDF files that allows one to

be

selected and opened. I would like to show the preview on that form.
>
Steve
>
>

[Steve McKewen]

Re: PDF Preview Control

Thanks Sheng

[Tamas Demjen]

Re: PDF Preview Control

Steve McKewen wrote:

I have a listbox showing the current list of PDF files that allows one to be
selected and opened. I would like to show the preview on that form.

The free Adobe Reader comes with an ActiveX control. In .NET you can
just drop it on your form, like any other control. It has a public
function to load a PDF file. If you have to do it from MFC, read this:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/acroview.aspx

Tom