In this example, you'll set up the application so that users can load a file from the local file system. You will add a button to the application and then add code to choose and open a file at run time. Because this example uses the OpenFileDialog control this code must be executed in a Button Click event. Note that this topic assumes you have added a C1PdfViewer control named "C1PdfViewer1" to your application.
Complete the following steps.
1. Open the MainPage.xaml file in your application, and open XAML view.
2. Add the following markup to add a button control to the application.
<Button Content="Load File" Height="23" Name="Button1" Width="70" Click="Button1_Click" />
3. Right-click the page and select View Code. In Code View you'll add code to initialize the button you added in the previous step.
4. Add the following imports statement at the top of the page:
Imports C1.Silverlight.PdfViewer
•C#
using C1.Silverlight.PdfViewer;
5. Add the following Button_Click event handler code:
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim dialog = New OpenFileDialog()
dialog.Filter = "PDF files|*.pdf|HTML files|*.html;*.mhtml"
If dialog.ShowDialog() = True Then
Using fileStream = dialog.File.OpenRead()
Try
C1PdfViewer1.LoadDocument(fileStream)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("Failed to load document.")
End Try
End Using
End If
End Sub
•C#
private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
{
dynamic dialog = new OpenFileDialog();
dialog.Filter = "PDF files|*.pdf|HTML files|*.html;*.mhtml";
if (dialog.ShowDialog() == true) {
using (var fileStream = dialog.File.OpenRead()) {
try {
C1PdfViewer1.LoadDocument(fileStream);
} catch (Exception ex) {
MessageBox.Show("Failed to load document.");
}
}
}
}
This code initializes a dialog box to be opened when the button is clicked. In the dialog box users can select a file to open in the C1PdfViewer control. Notice how, in the code above, the LoadDocument method allows you to load PDF and HTML content.
6. Run the application.
7. In the running application, click the Load File button. Notice that a dialog box appears, allowing you to choose a PDF or HTML file of your choice.
8. Locate and select a PDF file on your local machine to open and then click the Open button. The dialog box will close and the file you selected will be loaded into the C1PdfViewer control.