PdfViewer Class
Displays PDF files in WinForms applications without the need to install any third-party software on end-user machines.
Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPdfViewer
Assembly: DevExpress.XtraPdfViewer.v18.2.dll
Declaration
[ToolboxBitmap(typeof(ResFinder), "Bitmaps256.PdfViewer.bmp")]
public class PdfViewer :
XtraUserControl,
ICommandAwareControl<PdfViewerCommandId>,
IServiceProvider,
IServiceContainer,
IPdfViewer
Remarks
This control provides the user interface for end-users to open, view, navigate and print PDF documents.
For a design-time tutorial, see Lesson 1 - Create a PDF Viewer.
Example
The following example illustrates how to load an existing PDF file into the PdfViewer
control. To do this, it’s necessary to drop the PdfViewer control onto the form, create a Ribbon via the PdfViewer’s smart tag and call the PdfViewer.LoadDocument method.
Note
A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-show-a-pdf-file-using-the-pdfviewer-control-e4696
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace PdfViewerSample {
public partial class Form1 : Form {
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
this.pdfViewer1.LoadDocument(@"..\..\Report.pdf");
}
}
}