Read Pdf even if there is no Acrobatreader

Question

3.50/5 (2 votes)

See more:

Hai,

I would like to read a PDf file even if there is not installed acrobatreader in client mechine. and also directly open without asking Save dialog box

Pls help

Thanks in advance

Soumya

Posted 14-Mar-11 23:08pm

soumyaraj

Add a Solution

2 solutions

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-14T23:13:00

Solution 1

If you really can't be sure what is available on the client machine, then you will have to process the PDF file on the server into something you can display: HTML or similar.

I don't know your situation, so it is difficult to be specific, but google for "convert pdf to html c#" and you will find a lot of others have been down this road.

Personally, I take the view that some browsers (eg Chrome) can view PDF directly, and nearly everyone has a PDF reader anyway, so I just go ahead with PDF documents and don't bother with conversion. It's not as if Adobe charge for the reader, is it?

Posted 14-Mar-11 23:13pm

OriginalGriff

Comments

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Mar-11 15:43pm

OP commented:

Hai,
Thank u for your response.

Can u pls give the code demo for "convert pdf to html c#".
It will be more helpful to me

Pls help

Thank you,
Soumya

OriginalGriff 16-Mar-11 4:14am

What part of "google for "convert pdf to html c#"" did you not try?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Mar-11 15:46pm

Correct, my 5. Having PDF viewer can not be assumed. However, this is common practice (not so good practice, in my opinion), so is acceptable.
--SA

Sandeep Mewara · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-14T23:23:00

Solution 2

Here you go: ASP.NET PDF Viewer User Control Without Acrobat Reader Installed on Client or Server[^]

Posted 14-Mar-11 23:23pm

Sandeep Mewara

Comments

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Mar-11 15:47pm

Useful, a 5, but Griff is right; see also my comment (explaining why I'm not down-voting your Answer :-)
--SA