Tuesday, 22 October 2013

How to open PDF File in Adobe Reader, not in Browser in ASP.NET using C#/VB.NET

Hi friends, in this article I will explain about  How to open PDF File in Adobe Reader, not in Browser in ASP.NET using C#/VB.NET.
In ASP.NET:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title> How to open PDF File in Adobe Reader, not in Browser in ASP.NET using C#/VB.NET</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtFile" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
    <asp:Button ID="btnPDF" runat ="server" onclick="btnPDF_Click"  Text ="Show PDF File"/>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

In C#:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using System.Net;
using System.Diagnostics;

public partial class ShowPDF : System.Web.UI.Page
{
     protected void btnPDF_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Document document = new Document();
        String appPath = Context.Request.PhysicalApplicationPath + "PDF\\";
        String fileName = txtFile.Text.ToString() + ".pdf";
        String FilePath = appPath + fileName;
        ReadPdfFile(FilePath);
    }
    private void ReadPdfFile(string FilePath)
    {
        WebClient client = new WebClient();
        Byte[] buffer = client.DownloadData(FilePath);
        Process.Start(FilePath);
    }
}


In VB.NET:
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports iTextSharp.text
Imports iTextSharp.text.pdf
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Diagnostics

Partial Public Class ShowPDF
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
    Protected Sub btnPDF_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        Dim document As New Document()
        Dim appPath As [String] = Context.Request.PhysicalApplicationPath + "PDF\"
        Dim fileName As [String] = txtFile.Text.ToString() + ".pdf"
        Dim FilePath As [String] = appPath + fileName
        ReadPdfFile(FilePath)
    End Sub
    Private Sub ReadPdfFile(FilePath As String)
        Dim client As New WebClient()
        Dim buffer As [Byte]() = client.DownloadData(FilePath)
        Process.Start(FilePath)
    End Sub
End Class



The output of the above code as shown in the below figure.

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