Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC Standalone PDF Viewer Control

19 Jun 20263 minutes to read

This section explains how to integrate the ASP.NET MVC PDF Viewer into an ASP.NET MVC application using Visual Studio.

Prerequisites

Create a new ASP.NET MVC App in Visual Studio

Install Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC Package in the application

To add .NET PDF Viewer control, the following NuGet packages need to be installed in your ASP.NET MVC application.

Or run this command in Package Manager Console:

Install-Package Syncfusion.EJ2.MVC5 -Version 34.1.29

Make sure that the Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc package and its dependency packages are updated to the latest version.

Add namespace

Add Syncfusion.EJ2 namespace reference in Web.config under Views folder.

<namespaces>
    <add namespace="Syncfusion.EJ2"/>
</namespaces>

Add style sheet and script reference

The theme and required scripts are referenced by using a CDN inside the <head> of ~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml as follows:

<!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC controls styles -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.1.29/fluent.css" />
<!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC controls scripts -->
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.1.29/dist/ej2.min.js"></script>

NOTE

To learn other ways to load themes or scripts (such as NPM packages or CRG), see the Themes topic and Adding Script Reference documentation. To configure PDF Viewer with locally available script and style resources, follow these instructions.

Register Syncfusion® Script Manager

Open ~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml page and register the script manager at the end of the <body> element in the ASP.NET MVC application as follows.

<!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC Script Manager -->
@Html.EJS().ScriptManager()

Add ASP.NET MVC PDF Viewer control

Add the Syncfusion® ASP.NET MVC PDF Viewer control in ~/Views/Home/Index.cshtml.

<div>
    <div style="height:500px;width:100%;">
        <!-- DocumentPath specifies the PDF document to load -->
        @Html.EJS().PdfViewer("pdfviewer").DocumentPath("https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf").Render()
    </div>
</div>

NOTE

The DocumentPath property specifies the PDF document to load in the viewer. To configure ResourceUrl and DocumentPath with locally available resources, follow these instructions.

Run the application

Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or ⌘+F5 (macOS) to run the app. The Syncfusion® ASP.NET MVC PDF Viewer will render in the default web browser.

ASP.NET MVC PDF Viewer Control

A fully functional example project is available in the GitHub repository.

See also