In-App PDFs for Windows 8

Question

Does anyone know how to implement a PDF document within a page for a Windows 8 app?

Answer 1

Component One has a pdf viewer control.  I do not know of any free versions

http://www.componentone.com/SuperProducts/StudioWinRTXAML/

Answer 2

OK thank you Ken

Answer 3

Does anyone know how to implement a PDF document within a page for a Windows 8 app?

There are an increasing number of vendors producing PDF viewing controls for Windows Store applications, but none of them are free.

• Foxit
• LEADTOOLS
• PDFtron
• ComponentOne

You could also opt to rasterize the PDFs as images offline using a tool like Ghostscript, and then show them as pages in a ListView. You would have to do this offline (i.e. not in a Windows Store application) and distribute the (in some cases much) larger contents.

Answer 4

Windows 8.1 now has PDF rendering APIs and ability to save as images. Check out samples @ 

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/PDF-viewer-sample-85a4bb30

Answer 5

Thanks for that but I am now trying to find the same thing for Windows Phone 7 as I've discontinued development for this platform, my app would be more better made in Windows Phone

Answer 6

Try posting in the Windows Phone development forums. This forum is specific to Windows Store apps. I believe you'll need to use a 3rd party control if you want to load the PDF within your app rather than launching it into a PDF reader app.

--Rob

Answer 7

I did that but there seems to be nothing available for WP7

Answer 8

There isn't any native PDF API in box for WP. I don't know if there are 3rd party libraries (other than what shows up in a quick search), but if there are you are much more likely to find people who can recommend them if you post in an appropriate forum.

The Windows Store apps Forums are for discussion of writing Windows Store apps. Please discuss writing Windows Phone apps in the Developing for Windows Phone forum.

--Rob