Show PDF File in Windows Form using Visual Basic 2005

This is for a VB editor not for visual studio 2005 Using (Menu: Project / Add Reference / COM tab / select "Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Browser Control Type Library 1.0" ) adds this to Bin and if you do this in the toolbar it not be usuable, you can not add it to the project. Is their not a solution?

Using the JSObject and the getField() method if it is an AcroForm or the xfa.resolveNode method if it is an XFA form.

There are plenty of demos using the JSObject in the SDK samples.

Thursday, March 2008.

Hello,

I am using Vs 2005 (VB) and designed a form to display PDF file content. This PDF file is a electronic form with a few fields in it.

How can I reference the PDF form fields so that I can extract the Filled-in values from the PDF form Fileds and use them in VB windows form ???

Any suggestions ?

Thanks.

i am doing a project that converts pdf files to xml ones...i wanted to knw if there is a simple way to do this?...coz the acrobat sdk (save as xml plugin looks very complicated 2 me)....is there no easy way , for eg. a free dll file that does the conversion?....a reply would be greatly appreciated ..... thanking u in advance...

Dear Md. Niamul Haque Khan,

Private Sub Command2_Click()
'Use this code. Call OpenSystemFile with the full path to the
pdf file.
'If Acrobat Reader is installed, it will be opened.

OpenSystemFile ("C:\Inetpub\ftproot\Sylvester\dewa.PDF")
End Sub

Public Function OpenSystemFile(ByVal sFileName As String) As Boolean
If Len(sFileName) > 0 Then
ShellExecute GetDesktopWindow(), vbNullString, sFileName, vbNullString, vbNullString, vbNormalFocus
OpenSystemFile = True
End If
End Function

Download the Acrobat SDK and read the documentation

hi,
i am working as a computer engineer in an international NGO, BRAC Afghanistan in Afghanistan. I am designing a form in visual basic. there will be one button and if i press that, one pdf file will open from a particular location. what are the visual basic codes for this?

Hello,
I did open PDF file in VB2005 Windows forms using "Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Browser Document" com contorl..

Me.AxAcroPDF1.LoadFile("PDF file")

It's working fine..But my requirement is.. How can get the TextFiled text from currently opened pdf file.

let me explain detailed..

I designed some fillable forms like Invoice,IT request form..i was did opening the fillable form in my vb.net windows application,If user do fill the form and click the button from my windows application..i want to get the Textfield values and to stored in the database.

Advance Thanks for ur kindly service

Regards
N.balamurugan

Thanks, Michael. You are right. I did have Adobe Acobat writer installed. I rmoved all of them and reinstalled Adobe Reader 7.0. It works now. But it is not a good solution to work like this.

Thanks again!

No, you do not need the SDK. More functions are available with Acrobat or SDK, but you can Load, Zoom, etc with Reader.

You might want to make sure you can open your file with Reader (not via your C program). Or try a different valid pdf file as a test.

Also make sure you do not have multiple versions of Reader/Acrobat installed / or even a memory effect of previous installations.
... it should work.