Opening PDF or Doc In a winform

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In my c#.net application I just want to open a pdf or document in a win form. Is it possible to open a Pdf reader or word processor through winform?

Do you want to open it in its native app (pdf viewer or MS Word) or do you want to display it in a control on your windows form? — Derek Tomes, Mar 06 '12 at 12:17

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '12 at 11:31

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            Process mydoc= new Process();

            mydoc.StartInfo.FileName   = "path to pdf or word file c:\a.doc";

            mydoc.Start();

answered Mar 06 '12 at 11:31

PraveenVenu

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 07 '12 at 05:51

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This is probably what you are after:

Process.Start("myfile.pdf");

You can read about it in the MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/53ezey2s(v=vs.80).aspx

answered Mar 07 '12 at 05:51

Derek Tomes

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '12 at 11:32

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You could do this trick using the WebBrowser control:

 WebBrowser1.Navigate("file:///C:/file.pdf")

answered Mar 06 '12 at 11:32

ionden

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Opening PDF or Doc In a winform

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