.net component for previewing office documents

Question

I have a CMS system written in ASP.NET which among other things allows users to upload documents, typically PDF, powerpoint, Word etc.

I am investigating how to implement a preview function so that once the document has been uploaded it would generate a thumbnail of the first page in the document.

Does someone have an idea what libraries, controls are available to achieve this?

You probably know this, but don't use the Office applications from ASP.NET. — John Saunders, Feb 13 '11 at 00:47
If it is any help, the new docx, xlsx, and pptx documents contain a thumbnail.jpeg in the docProps folder. — JoshRoss, Feb 13 '11 at 01:25
JoshRoss - the user will be uploading files and i won't have access to their local drive. Only the file once it's validated and uploaded. — Khalid Rahaman, Apr 14 '11 at 23:01
Any update on this? I also want to implement the preview in my ASP.Net page... Please help me if you can here. Thank you. — Naveed Butt, Sep 07 '11 at 21:48

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 19 '11 at 17:55

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I ended up using Adeptol AJAX DocumentViewer. Very easy to implement and works with over 300 formats.

answered Oct 19 '11 at 17:55

Khalid Rahaman

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