How can I load an existing PDF

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i asked this previously but I think people got the wrong idea: I'm not trying to generate a PDF from scratch; I'm trying to load and draw onto the screen using Quartz 2d an existing PDF file : any guidance / examples would be very much appreciated

This was my previous post : How to open and View PDF using Quartz 2d

[Here is your solution](http://www.cocoanetics.com/2010/06/rendering-pdf-is-easier-than-you-thought/) — Sergey Kuryanov, Jun 16 '13 at 23:23
Thank you - This is perfect, I wish you had it as a answer, so I could mark it as an accepted answer — Taskinul Haque, Jun 18 '13 at 09:13

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 17 '13 at 02:45

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https://www.cocoacontrols.com/controls/pdf-reader-core

Use this control. It does a lot of the heavy lifting for you.

answered Jun 17 '13 at 02:45

William Falcon

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '13 at 08:01

If you're happy with rendering the PDF into an UIImage and displaying that (a good solution if you don't provide zooming functionality, or if you are happy to constrain zooming to a limited extent using the UIImage inside a UIScrollView), then this project is very good and does disk caching for improved performance:

https://github.com/mindbrix/UIImage-PDF

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '13 at 09:54

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Here is a great tutorial how to render PDF using CoreGraphics

answered Jun 18 '13 at 09:54

Sergey Kuryanov

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How can I load an existing PDF

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