Introduction
Reading PDF files has involved third party libraries previously, but now in Windows 10, you can easily implement this using Launcher API.
Create a new Windows 10 universal app. For creating a new Windows 10 universal project, refer to the following:
Let’s see the steps
Now create one button to select the file. Go to the code behind and write the below code. Create an instance for a StorageFile class to store the file details.
StorageFile file = null;
Next, use FilePicker to select the file, here I have added filters to only view the PDF file,
- FileOpenPicker filePicker = new FileOpenPicker();
- filePicker.FileTypeFilter.Add(".pdf");
- filePicker.ViewMode = PickerViewMode.Thumbnail;
- filePicker.SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId.DocumentsLibrary;
- filePicker.SettingsIdentifier = "picker1";
- filePicker.CommitButtonText = "Open Pdf File";
- file = await filePicker.PickSingleFileAsync();
After selecting the file, the properties of the selected file are assigned to the storage file instance. Now using launcher launch the selected file by using the following code,
- Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchFileAsync(file);
The full source code looks like the following.
Mohit PandeyPosted Jan 10, 2020, 1:15 AM
Hi All, when select the file it shows me in microsoft edge. How to fix it ?
Sibeesh VenuPosted Mar 17, 2016, 11:17 AM
Nice Share
Debasis SahaPosted Mar 16, 2016, 1:49 PM
Good One..
Raja TPosted Mar 16, 2016, 12:24 AM
Nice,Thanks for sharing..
Kashif SohailPosted Mar 15, 2016, 5:15 PM
Great
Debasis SahaPosted Mar 15, 2016, 1:47 PM
Good One..