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free wpf pdf reader (open pdf within my .net application , not in browser)

neha mittal 1 Reputation point
2021-02-09T14:08:54.18+00:00

i want to develop a pdf reader. But the pdf should open within my application. i dont want to allow editing, copying of pdf.

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  1. Ken Tucker 5,856 Reputation points
    2021-02-15T11:38:46.1+00:00

    Syncfusion, devexpress, telerik, etc have a wpf pdf control you can use for this. I know syncfusion does have a community license you might qualify for.

    https://www.syncfusion.com/products/communitylicense

    https://www.syncfusion.com/kb/10790/how-to-create-pdf-viewer-control-in-c-wpf

  2. David 151 Reputation points
    2021-03-25T05:53:27.357+00:00

    Spire.PDFViewer for WPF a pdf viewer control that allows developers to display pdf documents in wpf applications. And you are able to customize the tool bar by your preferences.

    https://www.e-iceblue.com/Introduce/pdf-viewer-wpf.html

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  3. Laïla Blomme 0 Reputation points
    2024-08-24T19:59:04.48+00:00

    Check out this project:

    https://sourceforge.net/projects/laila-pdf/

    It includes an enhanced PDF viewer for WPF which has smooth scrolling, zoom, search function, text selecting and copying and basic PDF forms support. It also includes a PDF printer object.

    It's free and open-source and based on the Chrome Pdfium library.

    lailapdf

    lailapdfforms

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