how to display the PPT, PDF, XL, DOC files with in the Windows store app?

Question

Hi,

I would like to display the PPT, PDF, XL, DOC files with in the Windows store app? is there any controls provided by Microsoft to view these files with in the app?

Or

Any workaround to achieve the desired functionality?

Kindly provide your inputs if any one has.

Regards

Prasad

Answer 1

Hi Prasad,

As I know currently there is no in-build functionality to display the PPT, XLS or DOC file directly on the Windows Store App, but you can always open these files by Launcher class

However a good news is we can display PDF on Windows Store App by Windows.Data.Pdf class, see this for more information: https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/PDF-viewer-showcase-sample-39ced1e8/

--James

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Answer 2

Thank you James for the inputs. Yes for PDF I have used API's provided by Microsoft. I cannot use the launcher class since it will launch the file outside of the app. I am looking for any other possibilities.

Answer 3

Well, as I know there are some commercial third party libraries that can help to embedded Word, Excel or PowerPoint files in the Windows Store App. Use your favorite search engine to find them.

--James

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