InstanceID: using multiple simultaneous instances in GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET
Two months ago we presented a new feature called InstanceID in GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET for the first time. In short, InstanceID allows you to configure several simultaneous instances of GroupDocs.Viewer associated with different independent root storage paths. Since that time, we’ve received a lot of feedback on the feature and this time would like to clarify how you can benefit from InstqanceID and how to configure it correctly in more details.
GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET version 2.13.0 - caching PDF copies of original documents & using multiple root storage paths
Last week we’ve announced a release of the GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET library version 2.13.0 and its two new features – an option for caching PDF copies of original files and the ability to use the viewer with an unlimited number of different independent root storage paths. Today we’d like to write about these features in more detail to help you quickly set up and get the most out of them.
Protect Your Documents with Watermarks in GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET
One of the most requested and hence actively developed features in GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET is watermarking. Watermarking allows you to protect documents that you display on the web from screen-grabbing. In GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET watermarks are implemented as customizable text that can be added over a displayed document, overlapping its content. For the first time the ability to add watermarks was implemented in GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET version 2.0. In its first implementation, the feature had a number of restrictions.
A Complete Guide for Developing a GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET Plugin for Kentico CMS
As you may have already noticed, GroupDocs has many plugins available for 3rd party platforms and across all products we offer. We constantly expand this list and a few months ago we have announced a release of the new GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET plugin for Kentico CMS. This new plugin is very different from the cloud-based version we released earlier. The cloud-based version simply creates an iframe on a web-page where you want to display a document and redirects all input documents to the GroupDocs’ cloud API.
GroupDocs.Annotation for .NET Can Now Be Easily Integrated into Orchard Sites
Good news for Orchard developers and site owners – after a successful release of the module that integrates GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET into Orchard CMS, we’re pleased to inform you that we’ve recently released yet another module - this time for integrating the .NET version of the GroupDocs.Annotation library. Like GroupDocs.Viewer, the GroupDocs.Annotation for .NET library supports all common business document formats, provides cross-platform compatibility and doesn’t require any installations on the client side.
Display PDF, Microsoft Office and 50+ Other Document Types on Your Kentico Site
Kentico is quite a popular CMS focused largely on document management. At GroupDocs we create APIs that allow developers to enhance their applications and sites with convenient document collaboration tools. One of such tools is a multi-format, cross-platform compatible document viewer – GroupDocs.Viewer. It allows end users to view over 50 types of documents and images from any modern web-browser and without having to install any office software or plugins.
A Web-Based PDF Viewer Sample Built Using the GroupDocs.Viewer for Java Library
GroupDocs.Viewer for Java is a multi-format document viewer library that allows developers to seamlessly enhance their Java applications with the capability to display over 50 document and image types. Designed based on the client-server architecture, GroupDocs.Viewer doesn’t transfer documents to client machines during view sessions. Instead, the library converts documents to web-compatible content, transfers it to clients and then renders in a web-browser. This client-server architecture provides you with the following benefits: 1.
C# Demo Project of an ASP.NET PDF Viewer Built Based on the GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET Library
Building a simple ASP.NET PDF viewer is quite a trivial task. There are tens of different open source projects across the web that offer a quick and free solution to display PDF documents in both ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms. Often a simple implementation of a PDF viewer is all you actually need. But things become a lot more complicated when the viewer needs to meet your customer’s business requirements.
GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET Library Version 2.8.0 - New Page Layout, Smoother Scrolling and Enhanced Document Sharing Security
Recently we’ve updated our GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET library up to the version 2.8.0. In this post I’d like to discover some of the most remarkable updates implemented in this latest version:
New Page Layout OptionsSo far, when viewing documents, you had the following page layout options: Scroll view – pages are placed in a continuous chain, one after another. One page in a row – one page fit to client’s screen.
Add Microsoft Office Files, PDF and Image Annotation Functionality to Your Concrete5 Website
GroupDocs.Annotation for .NET is a downloadable library that allows developers to add cross-platform, multi-format document annotation functionality to any web-based app or site. Recently we’ve created an add-on specifically for Concrete5 users to make it easy to integrate the library into their websites. The add-on has been approved by Concrete5 admins and is now available for download from the official Concrete5 marketplace. How can Concrete5 site owners and developers benefit from this release?