Viewing PDF in UWP PDF Viewer (SfPdfViewer)

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The SfPdfViewer allows you to load the PDF documents from the stream, storageFile, and PdfLoadedDocument object.

Loading a PDF using PdfLoadedDocument object

The SfPdfViewer allows you to load the PDF document synchronously and asynchronously from the specified pdfLoadedDocument object using the LoadDocument and LoadDocumentAsync methods respectively.

The following code explains how to load the document synchronously using a PdfLoadedDocument object that was created from the PDF in the Assets folder of the application.

Assembly assembly = typeof(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
//Loads the stream from the embedded resource.
fileStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ApplicationNameSpace.Assets.PDFFileName.pdf");
byte[] buffer = new byte[fileStream.Length];
fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
//Create a new PDFLoadedDocument object.
PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(buffer);
pdfViewer.LoadDocument(loadedDocument);
'Create a new PDFLoadedDocument object.
Dim loadedDocument As New PdfLoadedDocument(Buffer)
pdfViewer.LoadDocument(loadedDocument)

The following code explains how to load the document asynchronously using the PdfLoadedDocument object that was created from the PDF in the Assets folder of the application.

//Create a new PDFLoadedDocument object.
PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(buffer);
CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
await pdfViewer.LoadDocumentAsync(loadedDocument, cancellationTokenSource.Token);
pdfViewer.LoadDocument(loadedDocument);
'Create a new PDFLoadedDocument object.
Dim loadedDocument As New PdfLoadedDocument(Buffer)
Dim cancellationTokenSource As New CancellationTokenSource()
Await pdfViewer.LoadDocumentAsync(loadedDocument, cancellationTokenSource.Token)

In the above code sample, the CancellationToken enables you to cancel the asynchronous loading of a PDF document when it is in progress.

Loading a PDF using Stream object

The SfPdfViewer allows you to load the PDF document synchronously and asynchronously from the specified stream using the LoadDocument and LoadDocumentAsync methods respectively.

The following code explains how to load the document synchronously using a stream object that was created from the PDF in the Assets folder of the application.

Assembly assembly = typeof(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly; 
//Loads the stream from the embedded resource.
fileStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ApplicationNameSpace.Assets.PDFFileName.pdf"); 
pdfViewer.LoadDocument(fileStream);
'Loads the stream from the embedded resource. 
Dim assembly As Assembly = GetType(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly 
docStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ApplicationNameSpace. Assets.PDFFileName.pdf")
pdfViewer.LoadDocument(docStream)

The following code explains how to load the document asynchronously using a stream object that was created from the PDF in the Assets folder of the application.

Assembly assembly = typeof(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly; 
//Loads the stream from the embedded resource.
fileStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ApplicationNameSpace.Assets.PDFFileName.pdf"); 
CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
await pdfViewer.LoadDocumentAsync(fileStream, cancellationTokenSource.Token);
Assembly assembly = typeof(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly; 
//Loads the stream from the embedded resource.
fileStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ApplicationNameSpace.Assets.PDFFileName.pdf"); 
Dim cancellationTokenSource As New CancellationTokenSource()
Await pdfViewer.LoadDocumentAsync(fileStream, cancellationTokenSource.Token)

In the above code sample, the CancellationToken enables you to cancel the asynchronous loading of a PDF document when it is in progress.

Loading a PDF using the StorageFile object

The SfPdfViewer allows you to load the PDF document synchronously and asynchronously from the specified storage file using the LoadDocument and LoadDocumentAsync methods respectively.

The following code explains how to load the document synchronously using a StorageFile object that was created from the PDF in the Assets folder of the application.

//Opens a file picker.
var picker = new FileOpenPicker();
picker.SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId.DocumentsLibrary;
picker.ViewMode = PickerViewMode.List;
//Filters the PDF files in the documents library.
picker.FileTypeFilter.Add(".pdf");
StorageFile file = await picker.PickSingleFileAsync();
pdfViewer.LoadDocument(file);
'Opens a file picker. Dim picker = New FileOpenPicker()
picker.SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId.DocumentsLibrary 
picker.ViewMode = PickerViewMode.List 
'Filters the PDF files in the documents library. 
picker.FileTypeFilter.Add(".pdf") 
Dim file = Await picker.PickSingleFileAsync()
pdfViewer.LoadDocument(file)

The following code explains how to load the document asynchronously using a StorageFile object that was created from the PDF in the Assets folder of the application.

//Opens a file picker.
var picker = new FileOpenPicker();
picker.SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId.DocumentsLibrary;
picker.ViewMode = PickerViewMode.List;
//Filters the PDF files in the documents library.
picker.FileTypeFilter.Add(".pdf");
StorageFile file = await picker.PickSingleFileAsync();
CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
await pdfViewer.LoadDocumentAsync(file, cancellationTokenSource.Token);
'Opens a file picker. Dim picker = New FileOpenPicker()
picker.SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId.DocumentsLibrary 
picker.ViewMode = PickerViewMode.List 
'Filters the PDF files in the documents library. 
picker.FileTypeFilter.Add(".pdf") 
Dim file = Await picker.PickSingleFileAsync()
Dim cancellationTokenSource As New CancellationTokenSource()
Await pdfViewer.LoadDocument(file, cancellationTokenSource.Token);

In the above code sample, the CancellationToken enables you to cancel the asynchronous loading of a PDF document when it is in progress.