Hi $Developer,
You need an OpenFileDialog control to browse to the file and a WebBrowser Control to display the .pdf file assuming that you have installed the Adobe Reader (Its must)
On Open File Button click event just write the code given below and the open file dialog will popup select the pdf file you want to view and webbrowser will open it for you
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
End Sub
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim filename As String
With OpenFileDialog1
.Filter = "Adobe Files (*.pdf) |*.pdf"
If .ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
filename = .FileName
WebBrowser1.Url = New Uri(filename)
End If
End With
End Sub
End Class
On same button click event retrieve the value for the path you stored in the pdf file and assign it to the webbrowser instead of using the openfiledialog...
If you dont have a Adobe Reader installed still want to display a pdf file in VB.NET Windows Form go thoruh this link below :
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/PDFViewerControl.aspx
The question if this solution doesnot work is how are you storing the file in database as BLOB or string path....?????
For string path it will surely work replace the openfiledialog with the path in database.... but for blob you need additional overhead of stream reading and writing....
Dont forget to mark it as answer if it solves your problem :
Thanks.
Roozan Parvez Bharucha MCT, MCITP (SQL Server 2008, Windows 7 Admin), MCTS (SQL Server 2008, Windows 7 Config, .NET Frmwk 3.5, .NET Frmwk 4.0 (Windows)), MCPD Enterprize App (Frmwk 3.5), MCPD Windows (Frmwk 4.0) CEO, RajAryanTech
PDF File Display store in Database
