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excelsys
Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 3:40:38 PM
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Does EO has a pdf viewer control for ASP.NET that does not depend on client browser plugged-in/setting? If not, any recommended product out there?

Thanks for the help!
eo_support
Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 3:58:37 PM
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Hi,

No. We do not have a PDF viewer. As to PDF viewer, our suggestion is to let user choose but make sure you give user an option to "download" instead of just "open" the PDF file in your web application. Once users have the option to download the PDF file, they should always be able to download it and open it as a file if everything else fails. This make sure they will still be able to view the file even if their browser plug-in is not setup correctly.

We would not recommend you to look for a PDF viewer from a third party. Implementing a PDF viewer is no small cake. While creating PDF file might look like a very complicated task to you, displaying a PDF file is much more complicated (try to think which one is easier: creating a HTML file or display a HTML file (without using a browser component)?). It requires a LOT of code and a LOT of font data. Adobe Reader is pretty much just a PDF viewer and it’s over 100M. That means while a third party PDF viewer might have a few eye catching features, it is almost impossible for it to be as compressive as the “official” ones. And whatever problems your customers may run into with the official PDF viewer, there is likely to be another set of or more problems and limitations with a third party one. This is why we recommend you to let user to choose their own when it comes to PDF viewer program.

Thanks


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