Add a PDF viewer to a WPF application

Question

I am new to WPF, and am trying to add a PDF viewer to my WPF application, but can\'t seem to work out how to do it... I have tried following a couple of tutorials/ examples

Answer 1

As already suggested by @NawedNabiZada, one tried and straightforward way is to use embedded InternetExplorer to show Adobe PDF Reader ActiveX control. So it assumes you are running on Windows and have Adobe PDF Reader installed.

Then you create a user control, window etc. that contains following control:

In the constructor navigate to blank page:

pdfWebViewer.Navigate(new Uri("about:blank"));

To load a PDF document to that control use this simple code:

pdfWebViewer.Navigate(fullPathToPDF);

This approach is used by many Windows software not only WPF apps including SAP client, but has a hidden problem, see this question.

The Adobe PDF Reader Addon in Internet Explorer must be enabled for this to work. There are various problems with Acrobat Reader XI, better to use DC version. To enable Adobe PDF go to IE settings, add-ons and find Adobe PDF Reader and enable it (AR XI and above).

For me this was the preferred way compared to the code project article you linked.