IcyTechie: [VB.NET] PDF Viewer: Visual Basic Tutorial

Have you think of making a PDF viewer by yourself? You can do it by using visual studio or Visual Basic.



Tutorial

1. Download Visual Studio or Basic from Microsoft website
2. Create a new solution.
3. Add a Adobe PDF Component (Skip to Step 7 if you have enabled it)
4. To enable the Adobe PDF Component, you need to be in flash player 10.0 or upper.
5. Right-click on “All Windows Form” and select “COM Components”
6. Check the box of “Adobe PDF Reader”
7. Add a button. Renamed it as “Open PDF Files”.
8. Add a open file dialog.
9. Double click on the button, and type in the following:
   openfiledialog1.show
   Axadobepdfreader1.src = openfiledialog1.filename
10. And your Self-made PDF Viewer is completed!