Render XPS Document

Question

I want to render XPS documents in my c++ Metro-Style app. I looked into the spec. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd316975%28v=vs.85%29.aspx) and on the Internet and could only find managed code solutions (via DocumentPage). The native APIs/samples only cover how one modifies and prints the documents.

Is there any way to "display" (render to screen) a XPS in Windows ?

Thanks,

Paul

Answer 1

Hi Paul,

I just found some COM API for XPS document for Metro style App, and the XPS Document Interfaces contains most of them. I hope this document can help you:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br205760.aspx

Best regards,
Jesse

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Jesse Jiang [MSFT]
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Answer 2

Hi Paul,

What sort of application are you writing? There is no Windows.UI.Xaml way to render an XPS (similar to WPF's System.Windows.Document classes).

In a Direct2D app you could use the XPS Document interfaces that you and Jesse referenced to iterate the OM and render them yourself, but I don't believe there is a more direct way to render the XPS.

If you have an XPS file then you can launch it in its default viewer with LaunchDefaultProgramForFile.

--Rob