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While C1PDFViewer for LightSwitch aims to provide a full-featured PDF viewer, it supports a subset of the PDF 1.5 standard and so, like most PDF viewers on the market, does have its limitations. These limitations focus in three areas: encryption, fonts, and images.
Encrypted Files
Encrypted files are not compatible with C1PdfViewer for LightSwitch. At this time C1PdfViewer cannot open or save encrypted files.
Fonts
C1PdfViewer for LightSwitch supports the following font types:
The C1PdfViewer control does not support other font types available in the PDF specification, including Adobe Type 1 fonts (specified using the "FontFile" mechanism in the PDF file).
Documents that use non-supported fonts will still render, but the formatting will be incorrect (for example, the document may show overlapping text).
Images
C1PdfViewer for LightSwitch supports most common image types, including all binary stream formats supported by Silverlight as well as deflated streams of several types (RGB, Monochrome, and several common indexed formats).
The C1PdfViewer control does not support some rare formats such as deflated JPG streams, or advanced features such as custom color spaces or halftones.