View PDF File using Windows Form C# from Remote URL

Question

I'm looking for a solution , I want to view a pdf file on a windows form C# from a remote server / url.

Is this doable?

[WebView2](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/) can show PDF content without any plug-in. That's all you need. -- This Control replaces the old WebBrowser Control; works in Windows 7+ Systems. — Jimi, Jan 27 '22 at 11:30

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '22 at 05:59

Check this out. I'm using the PDF Viewer control by DevExpress to display PDF documents within the app.

using System.Net;

string Url = "YOUR_URL";
using(WebClient client = new WebClient()) {
    using(MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(client.DownloadData(Url))) {
        pdfViewer1.LoadDocument(ms);
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '22 at 14:15

Whilst using windows you should get the most consistent support using the native PDF engine which from Windows 7 (however depreciating as EOL) to 11 is MSEdge this can be integrated into WebView 2

and the best place to see starter and example code is at

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/code-samples-links#sample-code-for-get-started-guides

the github location is

https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Samples

View PDF File using Windows Form C# from Remote URL

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