View a PDF document on Server/Desktop

For Server or Desktop-based applications, this is only available on Microsoft Windows.

To view a PDF document.

C#

// create a view controller
PDFViewCtrl view = new PDFViewCtrl();

// create a doc instance
PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc(filename);

// set doc to the view
view.SetDoc(doc);

C++

// define pointer for view controller
std::auto_ptr<PDF::PDFViewCtrl> view;

// create a view controller,
// passing in the platform specific window handle and the current HINSTANCE for windows
view = std::auto_ptr<pdftron::PDF::PDFViewCtrl>(new pdftron::PDF::PDFViewCtrl(parent_hwnd, hinstance));

// create a doc instance
std::auto_ptr<PDF::PDFDoc> doc(new PDF::PDFDoc(filename));

// set doc to the view
view->SetDoc(*doc);

Java

// create a view controller
PDFViewCtrl view = new PDFViewCtrl();

// create a doc instance
PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc(filename);

// set doc to the view
view.setDoc(doc);

JavaScript

// first initialize the viewer
WebViewer({
  path: '../../../lib',
  initialDoc: 'https://pdftron.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/pl/demo-annotated.pdf'
}, document.getElementById('viewer'))
.then(instance => {
  // load the PDF from URL, Blob, Filesystem or Base64 data
  instance.loadDocument(e.target.value);
});

Obj-C

// create a view controller
PTPDFViewCtrl* view = [[PTPDFViewCtrl alloc] init];

// create a doc instance
PTPDFDoc* doc = [[PTPDFDoc alloc] initWithFilepath:filename];

// set doc to the view
[view SetDoc:doc];

Swift

// create a view controller
let view: PTPDFViewCtrl = PTPDFViewCtrl()

// create a doc instance
let new_doc: PTPDFDoc = PTPDFDoc(filename)

// set doc to the view
view.setDoc(doc)

PHP

// create a view controller
$view = new PDFView();

// create a doc instance
$doc = new PDFDoc($filename);

// set doc to the view
$view->SetDoc($doc);

Ruby

# create a view controller
view = PDFView.new()

# create a doc instance
doc = PDFDoc.new(filename)

# set doc to the view
view.SetDoc(doc)

VB

' create a view controller
Dim view As PDFViewCtrl = New PDFViewCtrl()

' create a doc instance
Dim doc As PDFDoc = New PDFDoc(filename)

' set doc to the view
view.SetDoc(doc)

PDF Viewer Control (Simple) sample - Full sample Full source code which shows how to use PDF viewer control in a basic project. The sample uses a number of built-in features from PDFViewCtrl to implement document navigation, text highlighting, markup, and editing. Samples available in Python, C# (.Net), C++, Go, Java, Node.js (JavaScript), PHP, Ruby, VB. To use this code, you'll need to download and get started with Server SDK.

About viewing a document

The Apryse SDK comes with a powerful high level class called PDFViewCtrl that allows users to easily display PDF documents in their application. This class wraps around all the document processing lower level details that are required when displaying a PDF document.