I am trying to display a PDF in an Adobe PDF reader COM component in VB.NET.
All i do is:
AxAcroPDF1.LoadFile("file path here")
But for some reason it's not displaying the PDF.
Can someone please advise me on what am I doing wrong here?
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A:
You need to do a axAcroPDF1.Show()
According to the documentation you need a control for each new file you load, they aren't completely re-usable.
Benjamin Anderson
2010-08-17 14:51:49
thanks for the reply. I did the .show as well but still it does not display the pdf. Please advise
Amit
2010-08-17 15:16:49
Without seeing the rest of your code, I can't really provide much more help.Check the initialization of the control, and make sure the control is setup correctly in the WinForm.
Benjamin Anderson
2010-08-17 15:35:35
I am able to view the pdf file by using the below code AxAcroPDF1.LoadFile(fileDialog.FileName)AxAcroPDF1.Show()But the problem is when i select any file other then PDF for example a JPG file then it shows an error which is fine but then if i try selecting another PDF file it never shows that. Please advise
Amit
2010-08-18 08:26:40
Yeah, you'll have to create a new instance of the viewer. As stated the control isn't re-usable for some unknown reason.
Benjamin Anderson
2010-08-18 13:38:43