PdfViewer Class

Represents the PDF Viewer, which displays PDF files in WinForms applications.

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraPdfViewer.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

[ToolboxBitmap(typeof(ResFinder), "Bitmaps256.PdfViewer.bmp")]
public class PdfViewer :
    XtraUserControl,
    ICommandAwareControl<PdfViewerCommandId>,
    IServiceProvider,
    IServiceContainer,
    IPdfViewer

<ToolboxBitmap(GetType(ResFinder), "Bitmaps256.PdfViewer.bmp")>
Public Class PdfViewer
    Inherits XtraUserControl
    Implements ICommandAwareControl(Of PdfViewerCommandId),
               IServiceProvider,
               IServiceContainer,
               IPdfViewer

Remarks

This is a primary control for the PDF Viewer. The PdfViewer allows end users to open, view, navigate and print PDF documents.

Refer to the following examples on how to load documents to the PdfViewer:

The PDfViewer allows you to work with interactive forms and markup annotations. You can attach images, modify bookmarks, thumbnails and hyperlinks in the PDF file.

Refer to the Examples section for a list of task-based examples.

Example

The following example illustrates how to load a PDF file into the PdfViewer control. 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

Form1.cs
Form1.vb

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");
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Namespace PdfViewerSample
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub

        Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
            Me.pdfViewer1.LoadDocument("..\..\Report.pdf")
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace