how to Open PDF,DOC and XLS in browser using C#

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i want to Open PDF,DOC and XLS in browser.
can any help me
thanks in advance.

Posted 16-Dec-11 19:56pm

Ragi Gopi

Updated 15-Apr-18 20:53pm

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Abhinav S · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-16T20:13:00

Solution 1

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winforms/thread/d4920f03-4f97-48a9-a973-f333333724f9[^] should help you out.

Posted 16-Dec-11 20:13pm

Abhinav S

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Ragi Gopi 17-Dec-11 2:18am

sorry.....its not the answer for me

i know the code for down loading ....
now i want to just display the files

Ragi Gopi 20-Dec-11 5:27am

how to open files from tree-view (pdf,docx,xls) in the browser

thatraja · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-16T20:21:00

Solution 2

Check these

How To Write Binary Files to the Browser Using ASP.NET and Visual C# .NET[^]
Displaying Binary Data in the Data Web Controls (C#)[^]
EDIT

Use this line to view the document.

C#

Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "inline;filename=filename.pdf");

Posted 16-Dec-11 20:21pm

thatraja

Updated 16-Dec-11 22:09pm

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Ragi Gopi 17-Dec-11 4:28am

its showing some thing like

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thatraja 17-Dec-11 4:37am

Did you try the links in my answer?

Ragi Gopi 20-Dec-11 5:27am

how to open files from tree-view (pdf,docx,xls) in the browser

Ragi Gopi 17-Dec-11 4:39am

ya i tried the first link....

second one is not clear for me..

Ragi Gopi 17-Dec-11 6:02am

string path = Server.MapPath("files/" + resultsList.SelectedItem.Text);
System.Net.WebClient client = new System.Net.WebClient();
Byte[] buffer = client.DownloadData(path);

if (buffer != null)
{
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Response.AddHeader("content-length", buffer.Length.ToString());
Response.BinaryWrite(buffer);
}

this code opens the page in browser itself

but i need it in a pannel

Ragi Gopi 17-Dec-11 6:02am

can any one help me