How to display .pdf file in C# winform?

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How to display .pdf file under windows form using c#. I try to display .pdf file in webbrowser control but file open out side the form with default pdf software. So, kindly give proper method or suggetion or any kind of third party library (Free licencing).

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I tried to open pdf file in webbrowser control. But file open out side the application or form.

Posted 3-Aug-17 1:56am

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Updated 3-Aug-17 2:25am

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Richard MacCutchan 3-Aug-17 8:02am

Google will find you third party libraries; iTextSharp is one such.

[no name] 3-Aug-17 8:11am

I think iTextSharp is use to create pdf file.

Thomas Nielsen - getCore 3-Aug-17 8:29am

wouldn't it work to shell open acrobat reader for the viewing? that would be a very fast solution it will be hard to improve functionality of within a control, i dare imply the valueadding of that effort build a nice viewer seems to be very little or do you have constraints ??

[no name] 3-Aug-17 8:34am

yes I have constratints to use of acrobat reader and any other paid liabraries.

Sheila Pontes 3-Aug-17 8:38am

Hi,

Watch this video. It teach you how you open pdf in windows forms.

C# Tutorial - How to Open and Show a PDF file

[no name] 3-Aug-17 9:12am

Thanks Sheila Pontes, but I had also mention I can't use paid libraries or such kind of tools.

Sheila Pontes 3-Aug-17 9:47am

Adobe Read is free.

[no name] 4-Aug-17 0:27am

No, Adobe Reader is not free software.

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2017-08-03T02:25:00

Solution 1

Try this : GitHub - pvginkel/PdfiumViewer: PDF viewer based on Google's PDFium.[^]

Posted 3-Aug-17 2:25am

Mehdi Gholam