PDF Preview Control

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Steve McKewen

I am working on project (VS2005 c++) that at one point deals with a
collection of PDF files that get routinely produced (logs and reports).
Is there a way to produce a pdf preview on a control, like a print preview?

I have a listbox showing the current list of PDF files that allows one to be
selected and opened. I would like to show the preview on that form.

Steve
 
Sure it can be done. There are many open source projects can decode PDF
files. I am not sure any of them support print preview though.

If you want to display the file in a listbox or a listview, use owner draw
or custom draw. See Windows SDK documentation for samples/tutorials.
 
Steve said:
I have a listbox showing the current list of PDF files that allows one to be
selected and opened. I would like to show the preview on that form.
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The free Adobe Reader comes with an ActiveX control. In .NET you can
just drop it on your form, like any other control. It has a public
function to load a PDF file. If you have to do it from MFC, read this:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/acroview.aspx

Tom
 
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