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POIs it possible to open a PDF inside a c# application with Acrobat.dll?
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copied!<p>I know that I can display a PDF file in my c# executable (not web app) with:</p> <pre><code>private AxAcroPDFLib.AxAcroPDF axAcroPDF1; axAcroPDF1.LoadFile(@"somefile.pdf"); axAcroPDF1.Show(); </code></pre> <p>But that is the regular pdf viewer like in the browser. I don't want that. I want full Adobe Standard or Professional functionality in my C# application using the Adobe controls. For example, if I use the code above, it loads in the C# app and I can see the adobe toolbar (print, save, etc.) But it is useless to me because I need things like save which cannot be done with the activex viewer above. Specifically, you cannot save, just as you cannot within the broswer.</p> <p>So, I referenced the acrobat.dll and am trying to use:</p> <pre><code>Acrobat.AcroAVDocClass _acroDoc = new Acrobat.AcroAVDocClass(); Acrobat.AcroApp _myAdobe = new Acrobat.AcroApp(); Acrobat.AcroPDDoc _pdDoc = null; _acroDoc.Open(myPath, "test"); pdDoc = (Acrobat.AcroPDDoc)(_acroDoc.GetPDDoc()); _acroDoc.SetViewMode(2); _myAdobe.Show(); </code></pre> <p>It opens adobe acrobat but it opens it outside of my c# application. I need it to open in my c# application like the activex library does. Can it be done with these libraries?</p> <p>If I cannot open it in my c# application I would like to be able to "hold" my c# app tied to it so the c# app knows when I close the adobe app. At least that way I'd have some measure of control. This means I would hit open, the adobe app opens. I close the adobe app, my C# app is aware of this and loads the newly changed doc with the activex library (because I don't need change ability anymore, just displaying.)</p> <p>I have the full versions of adobe acrobat installed on my computer. It is not the reader.</p> <p>Thank you for any help.</p> <p>edit: There is an example in vb in the adobe acrobat sdk. I believe it is called activeview.</p>

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