Integrating Electron with WebViewer JavaScript PDF library

This guide will help you integrate a free trial of WebViewer into Electron applications on the browser. It will help you clone the Electron sample repository, walk through the project structure, and show you how to call other WebViewer API. Your free trial includes unlimited trial usage and support from solution engineers.

Get the Electron sample source code here

• Node.js and npm

• Electron

• Platform specific prerequisites.

  Electron applications can be built for several platforms and each has its own prerequisites. Please ensure they are fulfilled for your required platform by referring to the electron.js documentation.

1. Clone the webviewer-electron-sample repository:

   git clone https://github.com/PDFTron/webviewer-electron-sample.git

2. Enter the directory and run npm install:

   cd webviewer-electron-sample
   npm install

   This will automatically download and extract the Apryse WebViewer Package.

You are now ready to run the sample or use more WebViewer APIs.

After initial setup, the webviewer-electron-sample directory should be laid out like this:

webviewer-electron-sample
├── LICENSE
├── package.json
├── README.md
├── node_modules
│   ├── ...
├── public
│   ├── index.html
│   ├── files
│   │   ├── ...
│   └── lib
│       ├── ...
└── src
    ├── App.js
    └── main.js

Notable files and directories include:

In short, main.js handles the OS checks and creates the main window for the application with a link to index.html.

App.js instantiates the WebViewer in the viewer element outlined by index.html. It is also where the WebViewer API calls are placed.

1. To run the sample, make sure you are in the webviewer-electron-sample directory and execute

   npm start

   You should see the application start up. It will load the WebViewer and display the PDF sample in /public/files:

   

If you run into issues with installing and/or running the application, please return and ensure you have the prerequisites installed.

To call more WebViewer APIs, open /src/App.js in your favorite text editor and add the API calls to the callback for the WebViewer instantiation:

For example, if you want to change the theme of the WebViewer to dark mode, you would add the following:

Execute npm start again and the theme of the viewer will change:

Usage Guides Samples API docs

Network Failure More information about fixing the Network Failure issue on WebViewer.