How to host WPF PDF Viewer in windows forms?
WinForms PDF viewer does not support adding or editing the annotations in PDF documents. As a workaround, the PDF viewer WPF control can be hosted in WF application that supports text markup and shape annotations in the PDF document. Refer to the following code sample.
C#
// Declare the ElementHost variable
ElementHost elementHost = null;
// Wire up the Load event
this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load);
private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Create the ElementHost control
elementHost = new ElementHost();
elementHost.AutoSize = true;
elementHost.Size = panel1.Size;
elementHost.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
panel1.Controls.Add(elementHost);
PdfViewer wordEditor = new PdfViewer();
elementHost.Child = wordEditor;
elementHost.Margin = new Padding(0, 0, 0, 0);
elementHost.Region = new Region();
elementHost.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
}
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Conclusion:
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