PDF viewer for VB.NET 2010 tutorial shows how to view PDF file from your application using PDF Viewer SDK for Visual Basic .NET. It installs a control that you may add from toolbox to the form in your application.
Drag and drop PDF Viewer control and then add the following handler to your application to open PDF file in PDF viewer control:
Form1.cs:
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Public Partial Class Form1
Inherits Form
Public Sub New()
InitializeComponent()
End Sub
Private Sub tsbOpen_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles tsbOpen.Click
Using openFileDialog As New OpenFileDialog()
openFileDialog.Title = "Open PDF Document"
openFileDialog.Filter = "PDF Files (*.pdf)|*.pdf|All Files|*.*"
If openFileDialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
Me.Text = openFileDialog.FileName
Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor
Try
pdfViewerControl1.InputFile = openFileDialog.FileName
Catch exception As Exception
MessageBox.Show(exception.Message)
Finally
Cursor = Cursors.[Default]
End Try
End If
End Using
End Sub
End Class