How to Launch PDF Reader using C#

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Hiii Guys,
I wanted to launch a File(Pdf format)using C#. Has any one worked on this kind of excercise previously??
pls give some suggestions..

THanks
Sandy

Posted 18-Apr-11 2:59am

Sandy058

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Solution 1

Use the types Process and ProcessStartInfo setting ProcessStartInfo.UseShellExecute[^] to true. Then if you set ProcessStartInfo.FileName to the PDF (full path) and the ProcessStartInfo.Verb to something like "open". Create a Process and invoke the Start method with th ProcessStartInfo as a parameter.

If the PDF reader is still associated with the extension PDF this will open the PDF reader with said document.

Best Regars,

-MRB

Posted 18-Apr-11 3:06am

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

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Tarun.K.S 18-Apr-11 9:13am

Perfect answer! 5+

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 18-Apr-11 9:31am

Thanks Tarun!

Sandy058 19-Apr-11 0:34am

thank you Manfred...
5+ :)

Solution 2

Use Process.Start :

Process.Start(@"C:\ThisIsA.pdf");

Posted 18-Apr-11 3:07am

Tarun.K.S

Updated 18-Apr-11 3:12am

v2

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Sandy058 19-Apr-11 0:35am

thank u Tarun... :)

Tarun.K.S 19-Apr-11 1:58am

You're welcome!

Solution 6

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/37458/PDF-Viewer-Control-Without-Acrobat-Reader-Installe

Posted 19-Mar-12 21:40pm

rocket Khan

Solution 7

it is easy in C#

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(path);

in managed C++
System::Diagnostics::Process::Start(path);

Posted 27-Nov-15 0:32am

Its The PD

Solution 5

Hope this might help you.
follow the link.
http://weblogs.asp.net/sreejukg/archive/2011/03/07/create-pdf-document-using-itextsharp-in-asp-net-4-0-and-memorymappedfile.aspx[^]

Posted 18-Apr-11 3:27am

Nischal Bhatt

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[no name] 18-Apr-11 14:41pm

Why would this be helpful to the OP? The question was how to open, not how to create a PDF. This link is also related to ASP.NET where the user need a Windows solution.

Nischal Bhatt 18-Apr-11 15:50pm

Apologies, it was not clear to me in the beginning whether it's a windows or asp.net question, My Bad....

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Not Active · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-18T03:13:00

Solution 4

You didn't specify whether this was for Windows or Web.

For Web, create a URL to the document

For Windows

Process p = new Process();
p.StartInfo.FileName = "myPDF.pdf";
p.Start();

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.aspx[^]

Posted 18-Apr-11 3:13am

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Sandy058 19-Apr-11 0:36am

Thank you Mark

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 19-Apr-11 1:40am

Sure, a 5.
--SA

OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-18T03:11:00

Solution 3

Try:

Process p = new Process();
ProcessStartInfo s = new ProcessStartInfo(@"F:\Temp\MyPDFFile.pdf");
p.StartInfo = s;
p.Start();

Posted 18-Apr-11 3:11am

OriginalGriff

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Tarun.K.S 18-Apr-11 9:13am

Good answer! 5+

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 18-Apr-11 9:34am

I'm not quite sure about it, but I thought for that to work one had to set ProcessStartInfo.UseShellExecute to true and also set the Verb property to "open", but alas I might be mistaken once again. :)

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 18-Apr-11 9:35am

Doh!
UseShellExecute defaults to true. Y'all ignore my incoherent rambling. :)

OriginalGriff 18-Apr-11 9:40am

I saw no ramblings! :TunelessWhistleSmiley:
Nothing to see here, move along!