PdfViewerControl Class

A control to display PDF files in a WPF application without the need to install any third-party software on end user machines.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.PdfViewer

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.PdfViewer.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.PdfViewer

Declaration

C#

public class PdfViewerControl :
    DocumentViewerControl,
    IPdfViewer

VB.NET

Public Class PdfViewerControl
    Inherits DocumentViewerControl
    Implements IPdfViewer

Remarks

This control provides the UI for end users to open, view, navigate and print PDF documents.

To load a PDF document in code, use the DocumentViewerControl.DocumentSource or DocumentViewerControl.OpenDocument property.

Refer to the Getting Started section for a step-by-step tutorial on how to create a new PDF application and provide it with a command UI.

Refer to the Examples section for task-based code examples.

The code sample below creates a PDF application with a bar command UI and bound document.

XAML

<Window
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:PDF_Viewer"
        xmlns:dxpdf="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/pdf" x:Class="PDF_Viewer.MainWindow"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="PDF Viewer" x:Name="pdfViewer" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
        <dxpdf:PdfViewerControl x:Name="pdfViewer"
                                CommandBarStyle="Bars"
                                DocumentSource="..\\..\\Data\Demo.pdf"/>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

how-to-import-the-acroform-data-t274735/CS/ImportFormData/MainWindow.xaml#L9

<dxpdf:PdfViewerControl x:Name="Viewer"
                        DocumentLoaded="Viewer_DocumentLoaded"

how-to-create-a-text-markup-annotation-and-specify-its-properties-t574531/CS/MarkupAnnotations/MainWindow.xaml#L11

<dxpdf:PdfViewerControl x:Name="viewer" DocumentLoaded="viewer_DocumentLoaded">
        <dxpdf:PdfViewerControl.MarkupToolsSettings>

how-to-customize-the-popup-menu-t612865/CS/PopupMenuShowing/MainWindow.xaml#L12

<dxpdf:PdfViewerControl x:Name="viewer" PopupMenuShowing="Viewer_PopupMenuShowing"/>

how-to-replace-standard-pdf-viewer-command-with-custom-command/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L18

<pdfViewer:PdfViewerControl x:Name="pdfViewer" DocumentSource="{Binding Path}" >

how-to-use-pdf-printer-settings/CS/SpecifyPrinterSettings/MainWindow.xaml#L12

<dxpdf:PdfViewerControl x:Name="pdfViewer" DocumentLoaded="pdfViewer_DocumentLoaded"/>

Inheritance

Object

DispatcherObject

DependencyObject

Visual

UIElement

FrameworkElement

Control

DocumentViewerControl

PdfViewerControl