GroupDocs.Viewer 21.4.1

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dotnet add package GroupDocs.Viewer --version 21.4.1
NuGet\Install-Package GroupDocs.Viewer -Version 21.4.1
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="GroupDocs.Viewer" Version="21.4.1" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add GroupDocs.Viewer --version 21.4.1
#r "nuget: GroupDocs.Viewer, 21.4.1"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install GroupDocs.Viewer as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=GroupDocs.Viewer&version=21.4.1

// Install GroupDocs.Viewer as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=GroupDocs.Viewer&version=21.4.1

Document Viewer .NET API

Version 21.4.1 Nuget

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This robust .NET on-premise file viewer API supports rendering of 130+ format types in HTML, image & PDF formats. 90+ formats are supported for auto-detection.

Document Viewer Processing Features

  • View documents by rendering in an HTML, image, or PDF format.
  • Reuse common resources across several HTML pages.
  • Make each HTML page self=sufficient by rendering it with embedded resources.
  • Render files in the lossless PNG file format or lossy JPG compressed image format.
  • Apply page rotation or change page order when rendering a document to HTML or image formats.
  • Apply the specified text as a watermark to all pages while being rendered into HTML or image.
  • Boost document loading speed to optimize application performance via caching.
  • Perform document text extract for PNG and JPG formats.
  • Fetch basic information about source documents.
  • Extract a list of folders contained in an archive.
  • Fetch a list of layers and layouts from a CAD drawing.
  • Get a list of folders contained in an Outlook data file.
  • Extract information about PDF document printing restrictions.
  • Fetch the start and end dates of a project from the MS Project file.
  • Minify HTML & CSS to improve the rendering process.
  • Render to responsive HTML.
  • Apply watermark on the output pages of HTML, image, or PDF files.
  • Render documents with comments, notes, and custom fonts.
  • Replace missing fonts while rendering.

HTML, Image, PDF Rendering Supported Formats

Microsoft Word: DOC, DOCM, DOCX, DOT, DOTM, DOTX
Microsoft Excel: XLS, XLSB, XLSM, XLSX, XLT, XLTX, XLAM
Microsoft PowerPoint: PPT, PPTX, PPTM, PPS, PPSX, PPSM, POT, POTM, POTX
Microsoft Visio: VDW, VDX, VSD, VSDM, VSDX, VSS, VSSM, VSSX, VST, VSTM, VSTX, VSX, VTX
Microsoft Project: MPP, MPT, MPX
Microsoft OneNote: ONE
OpenOffice: ODG, OTG, OXPS, ODP, OTP, ODS, OTS, ODT, OTT, OXPS
AutoCAD: DGN, DWF, DWT, DWG, DXF
CorelDraw: CDR
Adobe Photoshop: PSD, PSB
IBM Notes: NSF Programming: CS, VB, AS, AS3, ASM, BAT, C, CC, CMAKE, CPP, CSS, CXX, ERB, GROOVY, H, HAML, HH, JAVA, JS, JSON, LESS, LOG, M, MAKE, MD, ML, MM, PHP, PL, PROPERTIES, PY, RB, RST, SASS, SCALA, SCM, SCRIPT, SH, SML, SQL, VIM, YAML
Image: GIF, ICO, JP2, JPF, JPX, JPM, J2C, J2K, JPC, JPG, JPEG, SVG, TIF, TIFF
Markup: HTML, MHT, MHTML, MD
Portable: PDF
Archive: TAR, ZIP, BZ2, RAR, GZ
Email: EML, EMLX, MSG, OST, PST
Metafile: CGM, EMF, WMF, WMZ, EMZ, CMX
Other: IFC, STL, PS, XPS, TEX, SXC, DJVU, DNG, DIB, EPS

Supported Formats for Auto Detection

Microsoft Word: DOC, DOCM, DOCX, DOT, DOTM, DOTX
Microsoft Excel: XLS, XLSB, XLSM, XLSX, XLTX, XLAM
Microsoft PowerPoint: PPT, PPTX, PPTM, PPS, PPSX, PPSM, POT, POTM, POTX
Microsoft Visio: VDW, VDX, VSD, VSDM, VSDX, VSS, VSSM, VSSX, VST, VSTM, VSTX, VSX, VTX
Microsoft Project: MPP, MPT, MPX
Microsoft OneNote: ONE
OpenOffice: ODG, OTG, OXPS, ODP, OTP, ODS, OTS, ODT, OTT, OXPS
AutoCAD: DGN, DWF, DWT, DWG, DXF
CorelDraw: CDR
Adobe Photoshop: PSD, PSB
Programming: CS, VB
Image: GIF, ICO, JP2, JPF, JPX, JPM, J2C, J2K, JPC, JPG, JPEG, SVG, TIF, TIFF
Markup: HTML, MD
Portable: PDF
Archive: TAR, ZIP, BZ2
Email: EML, EMLX, MSG, OST, PST
Metafile: CGM, EMF, WMF
Other: IFC, STL, PS, XPS, TEX, SXC, DJVU, DNG, DIB, EPS

Platform Independence

GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET does not require any external software or third-party tool to be installed. GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET supports any 32-bit or 64-bit operating system where .NET or Mono framework is installed. The other details are as follows:

Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows Desktop (x86, x64) (XP & up), Microsoft Windows Server (x86, x64) (2000 & up), Windows Azure
Mac OS: Mac OS X
Linux: Linux (Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, CentOS and others)
Development Environments: Microsoft Visual Studio (2010 & up), Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.IOS, Xamarin.Mac, MonoDevelop 2.4 and later.
Supported Frameworks: GroupDocs.Conversion for .NET supports .NET and Mono frameworks.

Get Started

Are you ready to give GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET a try? Simply execute Install-Package GroupDocs.Viewer from the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio to fetch & reference GroupDocs.Viewer assembly in your project. If you already have GroupDocs.Viewer for .Net and want to upgrade it, please execute Update-Package GroupDocs.Viewer to get the latest version.

Please check the GitHub Repository for other common usage scenarios.

Use C# Code to Render All Layouts of a DWG CAD Drawing

string outputDirectory = @"C:\output\RenderAllLayouts";
string pageFilePathFormat = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, "page_{0}.html");
using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("with_layers_and_layouts.dwg"))
{
   HtmlViewOptions options = HtmlViewOptions.ForEmbeddedResources(pageFilePathFormat);
   options.CadOptions.RenderLayouts = true;
   viewer.View(options);
}

Apply Password to PDF File via C# Code

string outputDirectory = @"C:\output\ProtectPdfDocument";
string filePath = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, "output.pdf");
using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.docx"))
{
    // set PDF file security
    Security security = new Security();
    security.DocumentOpenPassword = "o123";
    security.PermissionsPassword = "p123";
    security.Permissions = Permissions.AllowAll ^ Permissions.DenyPrinting;

    PdfViewOptions options = new PdfViewOptions(filePath);
    options.Security = security;

    viewer.View(options);
}

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Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net20 is compatible.  net35 was computed.  net40 was computed.  net403 was computed.  net45 was computed.  net451 was computed.  net452 was computed.  net46 was computed.  net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
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Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
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