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UI for WinForms

WinForms PDF Viewer

  • The WinForms PDF Viewer enables you to easily load and display PDF documents natively in your application.
  • Part of the Telerik UI for WinForms library along with 160+ professionally-designed UI controls.
  • Includes support, documentation, demos, virtual classrooms, Visual Studio Extensions and more!
WinForms PDF Viewer control
  • Load and Display PDF documents in Your Application

    The PDF Viewer control enables you to easily load and display PDF documents natively in your app without using any third-party tools except Telerik’s WinForms toolbox. Some of the highlights among the list of features include page navigation, zoom, pan, text search and annotations. Thanks to its built-in UI virtualization, PDF Viewer delivers a performant solution in every scenario. This component would serve as a nice addition to your Content Management System and/or Reporting applications.

    See the WinForms PDF Viewer Overview Documentation

  • Native PDF Viewer

    Load PDF documents right within your Windows Forms application without the need for an external viewer.
    Telerik UI for WinForms PDF Viewer control
  • PDF Files Manipulation

    The complete list of supported features include:
    • Open PDF document from file or stream
    • Pan
    • Zoom
    • Selection
    • Annotations
    • Copy to clipboard
    • Find
    • Keyboard navigation
    • Navigation toolbar
    • Context menu
    UI for WinForms PDF Viewer Pan and Selection
  • Easy Navigation

    The PDF Viewer for WinForms provides the option to display the pdf pages as thumbnails for an even easier navigation.

    See the WinForms PDF Viewer Navigation Documentation

    Thumbnails in WinForms PDF Viewer control
  • Support for editable Forms and Form Filling

    This functionality enables displaying and editing PDF documents containing forms and form fields within your WinForms desktop application. This allows users to edit fields in PDF documents such as templates and applications in a formalized manner.

    See the WinForms PDF Viewer Interactive Forms Documentation

    PDF Viewer control displaying editable forms
  • Support for Document Signing

    On top of the signature display and verification function, you can also sign PDF documents in the PDF Viewer control. Users will be able to display, verify and sign PDF documents in their WinForms apps.

    Document Signing in PDF Viewer control
  • Digital Signature Support

    Security is a crucial factor for businesses, enterprises and governments alike. With the new digital signature support for PDF Viewer for Telerik UI for WinForms, you will be able to both display and verify documents within your application and make sure that it has not been tampered with during the process. 

    Additionally, through PDF Processing users can now sign documents with digital signatures and verify them.

    See the WinForms PDF Viewer Digital Signature Support Documentation

    Signature Support in the WinForms PDF Viewer control
  • Support for encrypted documents

    The PDF Viewer control provides support for previewing documents encrypted with Encryption Algorithm 4 (RC4 or AES-128).

    Encrypted Documents Support in PDF Viewer control
  • Built-in Virtualization

    Enjoy low memory use and fast, responsive performance because visual elements are only created when visible. The Telerik PDF Viewer for WinForms utilizes virtualization and supports load on-demand mode in order to guarantee stable performance with larger documents.
  • Printing Support with Watermarks

    The PDF Viewer control supports the printing functionality, exposing the same set of features and dialogs that you have at hand when printing GridView and Scheduler.

    See the WinForms PDF Viewer Printing Support Documentation

    UI for WinForms PDF Viewer Printing
  • Experience PDF Browsing

    PDF Viewer Navigator enhances the PDF browsing experience by providing an easy way to:

    • Load a PDF document from file
    • Print a PDF document
    • Zoom In/Out (by percent)
    • Scroll Up/Down by a page
    • Search
    • Switch between Pan Scrolling and TextSelection
    • Switching between different fit full width and fit full page view modes

    WinForms PDF Viewer Navigator
  • Variety of Page View Modes

    PDF Viewer control supports three view modes to better present the displayed content:

    • The default mode uses a specified zoom level to display the page and scrolls pages continuously
    • FitFullPage displays a single fully visible page at a time and scrolls one page at a time
    • FitFullWidth stretches the page to the control width and scrolls pages continuously
    UI for WinForms PDF Viewer displaying View Modes
  • Bookmarks Support

    Enable the end-users of your application to easily navigate through the a specific part(s) of a PDF document, while in the same time having a table-of-contents like navigation of the file to display any bookmarks that were previously created in the document.

    See the WinForms PDF Viewer Bookmarks Support Documentation

    WinForms PDF Viewer control displaying Bookmarks
  • Appearance

    The control is shipped with a rich set of themes that allow you to easily build slick interfaces with the look-and-feel of some of the latest Windows and Office versions. The themes can be easily switched using a single property.

    Our framework also features support for custom themes, which can be built from scratch to fit your exact visual demands by using the Visual Style Builder productivity tool.

  • Localization Support

    Business globalization requires multi-lingual applications. PDF Viewer control supports full localization of its strings.

    See the WinForms PDF Viewer Localization Support Documentation

  • Support for Documents with Invalid Cross-Reference Table Start Index

    The Telerik UI for WinForms PDF Viewer control supports documents with invalid cross-reference table start index. As there is software that doesn’t always generate perfectly compliant PDF files, Telerik UI for WinForms is now suitable for handling such files within your application.  

    Telerik UI for WinForms PDF Viewer documentation

  • Also Available...

    The PDF Viewer control is also available for these popular frameworks:

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is WinForms PDF Viewer?

    Telerik UI for WinForms PDF Viewer enables you to easily load and display PDF documents natively in your app without using any third-party tools except Telerik’s WinForms toolbox. Some of the highlights among the list of features include page navigation, zoom, pan, text search and annotations.

    The PDF Viewer is a part of Telerik UI for WinForms control library. Try it out and sign up for a free 30-day trial.

  • Where can I find demos of Telerik UI for WinForms and see PDF Viewer in action?

    The demo application is designed to demonstrate the power of the Telerik UI for WinForms controls suite. You can download the Telerik UI for WinForms demo app on your Windows device.

  • What support options does Telerik UI for WinForms offers?

    Depending on your needs, Telerik UI for WinForms offers the following flexible support options:

    • Lite support: 72-hour response time, 10 support incidents
    • Priority support: 24-hour response time, unlimited support incidents
    • Unlimited support: everything in Priority support, plus 4-hour ticket pre-screening and phone assistance

    Learn more about flexible support and pricing options.

  • How can I try Telerik UI for WinForms PDF Viewer control?

    You can try all Telerik UI for WinForms controls by signing up for a 30-day FREE trial. During your evaluation, you will have access to all the components, technical support, documentation and getting-started resources.

    See the WinForms PDF Viewer Getting Started article for a quick tutorial and don’t forget to sign up for a free 30-day trial to get free support.

  • How many components are included in the Telerik UI for WinForms suite?

    Telerik UI for WinForms offers a wide range of 160+ controls to enable your development of Windows applications. The WinForms UI library is constantly growing. For upcoming release information, visit our Roadmap.

  • How can I buy Telerik UI for WinForms controls library?

    This control is one of over 160+ in the Telerik UI for WinForms controls library which is also a part of the Telerik DevCraft bundle.

    The Telerik UI for WinForms library comes with several purchase options, giving you flexibility based on the needs of your project. The license is perpetual, with subscription options for support and new updates. Please refer to the Telerik UI for WinForms pricing page for more information.

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