View PDF files using PDF Viewer Component in the Blazor Web app

17 Apr 20246 minutes to read

In this section, we’ll guide you through the process of adding Syncfusion’s Blazor PDF Viewer (Next Gen) component to your Blazor web app using Visual Studio. We’ll break it down into simple steps to make it easy to follow.

Prerequisites

  • System requirements for Blazor components

  • If you choose an Interactive render mode such as WebAssembly or Auto, ensure that you have the necessary .NET workloads installed to use the PDF Viewer (Next Gen) component in a Blazor WebApp application with SkiaSharp. To do this, execute the following commands in the command prompt:

    • dotnet workload install wasm-tools

Create a new Blazor Web App in Visual Studio

You can create a Blazor Web App using Visual Studio 2022 via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion Blazor Extension.
You need to configure the corresponding Interactive render mode and Interactivity location while creating a Blazor Web Application.

Install Blazor PDF Viewer NuGet package in Blazor Web App

To add Blazor PDF Viewer (Next Gen) component in the app, open the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), search and install

If you select an Interactive render mode as WebAssembly or Auto, you can install the NuGet package in the client-side project to add component in Web App.

NOTE

If you select an Interactive render mode as WebAssembly or Auto, you can install the NuGet package in the client-side project to add component in Web App.

SkiaSharp Views Blazor

Add the following PropertyGroup and ItemGroup

Interactive render mode as WebAssembly or Auto, need to add the following property group and item group in client project.

<PropertyGroup>
	<WasmNativeStrip>true</WasmNativeStrip>
	<WasmBuildNative>true</WasmBuildNative>
</PropertyGroup>

<ItemGroup>
    <NativeFileReference Include="$(SkiaSharpStaticLibraryPath)\2.0.23\*.a" />
</ItemGroup>

Register Syncfusion Blazor Service

  • In the ~/_Imports.razor file, add the following namespaces:
@using Syncfusion.Blazor;
@using Syncfusion.Blazor.SfPdfViewer;
  • Register the Syncfusion Blazor Service in the program.cs file of your Blazor Web App.

If you select an Interactive render mode as WebAssembly or Auto, you need to register the Syncfusion Blazor service in both ~/Program.cs files of your Blazor Web App.

using BlazorWebAppServer.Components;
using Syncfusion.Blazor;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder.Services.AddRazorComponents() 
        .AddInteractiveServerComponents()
        .AddHubOptions(o => { o.MaximumReceiveMessageSize = 102400000; });

builder.Services.AddMemoryCache();
//Add Syncfusion Blazor service to the container.
builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();

var app = builder.Build();

if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
    app.UseExceptionHandler("/Error", createScopeForErrors: true);
    app.UseHsts();
}

app.UseHttpsRedirection();
app.UseStaticFiles();
app.UseAntiforgery();

app.MapRazorComponents<App>()
    .AddInteractiveServerRenderMode();

app.Run();
using BlazorWebApp.Client.Pages;
using BlazorWebApp.Components;
using Syncfusion.Blazor;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
builder.Services.AddRazorComponents()
.AddInteractiveWebAssemblyComponents();

builder.Services.AddMemoryCache();
//Add Syncfusion Blazor service to the container
builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();

var app = builder.Build();
if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
app.UseWebAssemblyDebugging();
}
else
{
app.UseExceptionHandler("/Error", createScopeForErrors: true);
    app.UseHsts();
}

app.UseHttpsRedirection();
app.UseStaticFiles();
app.UseAntiforgery();

app.MapRazorComponents<App>()
    .AddInteractiveWebAssemblyRenderMode()
    .AddAdditionalAssemblies(typeof(Counter).Assembly);

app.Run();
using BlazorWebAppAuto.Client.Pages;
using BlazorWebAppAuto.Components;
using Syncfusion.Blazor;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
builder.Services.AddRazorComponents()
.AddInteractiveServerComponents() .AddInteractiveWebAssemblyComponents();

builder.Services.AddMemoryCache();
//Add Syncfusion Blazor service to the container
builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();

var app = builder.Build();
if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
app.UseWebAssemblyDebugging();
}
else
{ app.UseExceptionHandler("/Error", createScopeForErrors: true);
    app.UseHsts();
}
app.UseHttpsRedirection();
app.UseStaticFiles();
app.UseAntiforgery();

app.MapRazorComponents<App>()
.AddInteractiveServerRenderMode() .AddInteractiveWebAssemblyRenderMode()
    .AddAdditionalAssemblies(typeof(Counter).Assembly);

Adding stylesheet and script

Add the following stylesheet and script to the head section of the ~/Components/App.razor file.

<head>
    <!-- Syncfusion Blazor PDF Viewer (Next Gen) control's theme style sheet -->
    <link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <!-- Syncfusion Blazor PDF Viewer (Next Gen) control's scripts -->
    <script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.SfPdfViewer/scripts/syncfusion-blazor-sfpdfviewer.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

Adding Blazor PDF Viewer (Next Gen) Component

Add the Syncfusion PDF Viewer (Next Gen) component in the ~Pages/.razor file. If an interactivity location as Per page/component in the web app, define a render mode at the top of the ~Pages/.razor component, as follows:

@* Your App render mode define here *@
@rendermode InteractiveAuto

NOTE

If an interactivity location as Global no need to mention render mode. Set the interactivity mode for whole sample.

Add the Syncfusion PDF Viewer component in the ~/Pages/Index.razor file.

@page "/"
<SfPdfViewer2 DocumentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
              Height="100%"
              Width="100%">
</SfPdfViewer2>

NOTE

If you don’t provide the DocumentPath property value, the PDF Viewer (Next Gen) component will be rendered without loading the PDF document. Users can then use the open option from the toolbar to browse and open the PDF as required.

Run the application

Run the application, and the PDF file will be displayed using Syncfusion’s Blazor PDF Viewer (Next Gen) component in your browser.

Blazor SfPdfViewer Component

NOTE

View Sample in GitHub.

See also