.NET open PDF in winform without external dependencies

Question

Is there a FREE library which will allow me to open a pdf and show it on a winform project. I know I could open it in adobe reader or something but it always seems so bloate

Answer 1

The ActiveX control installed with acrobat reader should work, either drop it in via the designer or use something like this.

This will require the relevant version of the reader is installed on the client but since you indicate that you could just launch that anyway this should not be a problem. reader