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Leadtools.Document.Viewer Introduction

Summary

The Document Viewer uses LEADTOOLS Raster and Document support, as well as Caching, SVG, OCR, Annotations, and Image Viewer technologies to allow creating applications that can view, edit, and modify any type of document on the desktop or web with a minimal amount of code.

Key Features

File Formats

View document, vector, and raster formats in one viewer, including the following formats:

Adobe Acrobat PDF and PDF/A
Microsoft Office DOC/DOCX, XLS/XLSX, PPT/PPTX, PST, EML, MSG, and XPS formats
CAD formats such as DXF, DWG, and DWF
TIFF, JPEG, PNG, EXIF, BMP, and a hundred more raster image formats
Plain Text, RTF, HTML, MOBI, ePUB, and more
IBM AFP, MO:DCA, IOCA, and PTOCA

Conservation and Performance

Conserve system resources and still maximize performance through efficient large-document paging and thumbnail browsing with configurable lazy-loading
Take advantage of robust options and functions to manage local, global, and web cache, including examples for SQL Server, Azure, and Ehcache

Integration

Integrate the Document Viewer with third-party cloud storage, including SharePoint, OneDrive, and Google Drive™
Use generic parent containers (e.g., Control & DIV) in a fully customizable user interface to enable easy integration of core Document Viewer features into any UI library and platform
Seamlessly integrate the Document Viewer with the LEADTOOLS Document Converter technology to convert any file

Interactive Tools

Use document-specific interactive tools, including:

Select text
Search text
Pan and zoom
Magnify glass
Vector zoom for best display quality
Specialized document annotation objects

Large Document Handling

Create documents on-the-fly from any number of pages, in any order, from multiple source documents
Print documents, with the ability to set paper size, visible printable area, and DPI
View and edit complex document objects such as annotations, hyperlinks, fonts and styles, embedded images with compression, Table of Contents, metadata, bookmarks, and Unicode text (including Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, and Hebrew)

Virtual Documents

Export virtual documents to actual document formats such as PDF or TIFF
Modify virtual documents programmatically or by hand using a drag-and-drop interface
Save virtual documents to the server and share them between multiple users

The LEADTOOLS Document Viewer is a standalone viewing solution, perfect for rapid customization and integration into existing document management systems and workflows. This easy-to-use viewer programming interface is available for .NET (C# & VB) and HTML5/JavaScript.

Supported Environments