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Original post by mrbastard
ABCPDF is cheap(ish) but has a free option.
It's geared more towards creating pdfs, but will let you render them to an image, which you could then use in your viewer.
// SetView():// 'Fit' fits whole page within the window both vertically// and horizontally.// 'FitH' fits the width of the page within the window.// 'FitV' fits the height of the page within the window.// 'FitB' fits bounding box within the window both vertically// and horizontally.// 'FitBH' fits the width of the bounding box within the window.// 'FitBV' fits the height of the bounding box within the window.// * "fitv 0"// ======== // SetLayoutMode():// 'DontCare' use the current user preference// 'SinglePage' use single page mode (as in pre-Acrobat// 3.0 viewers)// 'OneColumn' use one-column continuous mode// 'TwoColumnLeft' use two-column continuous mode, first// page on the left// 'TwoColumnRight' use two-column continuous mode, first// // SetPageMode():// 'none' or 'bookmarks' or 'thumbs' (Will not eliminate tabs)using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Text;using System.Windows.Forms;namespace PDFViewer{ class PDFManager : IDisposable { private Control m_parent = null; private AxAcroPDFLib.AxAcroPDF axAcroPDF1; public PDFManager(Control parent) { m_parent = parent; } public bool Initialize() { try { if (axAcroPDF1 != null) Dispose(); //System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager resources = new System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager(typeof(PDFResource)); this.axAcroPDF1 = new AxAcroPDFLib.AxAcroPDF(); ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.axAcroPDF1)).BeginInit(); m_parent.SuspendLayout(); this.axAcroPDF1.Parent = m_parent; this.axAcroPDF1.Visible = false; this.axAcroPDF1.Enabled = false; this.axAcroPDF1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.Dockstyle.Fill; this.axAcroPDF1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0); this.axAcroPDF1.Name = "axAcroPDF1"; //this.axAcroPDF1.OcxState = ((System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.State)(resources.GetObject("axAcroPDF1.OcxState"))); this.axAcroPDF1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(m_parent.Bounds.Width, m_parent.Bounds.Height); this.axAcroPDF1.TabIndex = 0; m_parent.Controls.Add(this.axAcroPDF1); ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.axAcroPDF1)).EndInit(); m_parent.ResumeLayout(); axAcroPDF1.setShowScrollbars(false); axAcroPDF1.setShowToolbar(false); axAcroPDF1.setLayoutMode("SinglePage"); axAcroPDF1.setPageMode("none"); axAcroPDF1.setView("FitH"); } catch (Exception ex) { return false; } return true; } public bool Open(string filename) { if (axAcroPDF1 == null) return false; try { if (axAcroPDF1.src == filename) return true; axAcroPDF1.LoadFile(filename); axAcroPDF1.gotoFirstPage(); axAcroPDF1.Refresh(); axAcroPDF1.Enabled = true; axAcroPDF1.Visible = true; } catch { return false; } return true; } public void Refresh() { if (axAcroPDF1 == null) return; axAcroPDF1.SetBounds(0, 0, m_parent.Bounds.Width, m_parent.Bounds.Height); } public void NextPage() { if (axAcroPDF1 == null) return; axAcroPDF1.gotoNextPage(); } public void PreviousPage() { if (axAcroPDF1 == null) return; axAcroPDF1.gotoPreviousPage(); } public bool Visible { get { if (axAcroPDF1 != null) { return axAcroPDF1.Visible; } else return false; } set { if (axAcroPDF1 != null) { axAcroPDF1.Visible = value; } } } public bool Toolbar { set { if (axAcroPDF1 != null) { axAcroPDF1.setShowToolbar(value); } } } public float Scroll { set { if(axAcroPDF1 != null) { axAcroPDF1.setViewScroll("FitH", value); } } } #region IDisposable Members public void Dispose() { if (axAcroPDF1 != null) { axAcroPDF1.Dispose(); axAcroPDF1 = null; } } #endregion }}Quote:
Original post by gavco98
thanks for the code Headkaze. However, am I right in assuming this requires Adobe Professional to be installed to work?
Unfortunately I need to be able to redistribute this application...
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Original post by gavco98
thanks for the code Headkaze. However, am I right in assuming this requires Adobe Professional to be installed to work?
Unfortunately I need to be able to redistribute this application...
No you don't you only need Acrobat Reader installed. Try it, it works. But like I said AFAIK they need the same version installed as the Active X control you embed in your application. Not a big problem. You did need Adobe Acrobat Pro for version 4 of the ActiveX control I believe but not 5+.
At least this way it will not cost you anything for a control. I have looked everywhere for a free alternative but there isn't one.
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Original post by gavco98 Quote:
Original post by Headkaze Quote:
Original post by gavco98
thanks for the code Headkaze. However, am I right in assuming this requires Adobe Professional to be installed to work?
Unfortunately I need to be able to redistribute this application...
No you don't you only need Acrobat Reader installed. Try it, it works. But like I said AFAIK they need the same version installed as the Active X control you embed in your application. Not a big problem. You did need Adobe Acrobat Pro for version 4 of the ActiveX control I believe but not 5+.
At least this way it will not cost you anything for a control. I have looked everywhere for a free alternative but there isn't one.
Ill give it another try tonight, what library do i need to reference in the code? i cant remember what one I added, but it gave me an AcroPDFLib class, which cannot be used without having Pro installed.
I did find one tutorial that referenced the AxAcroPDFLib class, however the component they mentioned to reference doesnt seem to exist on my system...?
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Original post by fchivu
You can use the html to pdf converter for .net html to pdf from http://www.winnovative-software.com to perform the html to pdf conversion with only 2 lines of code:
PdfConverter pdfConverter = new PdfConverter();
byte[] downloadBytes = pdfConverter.GetPdfFromUrlBytes(MyURL);
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