Foxit WebPDF Viewer – Discontinued

When a file has errors opening exclusively on Microsoft Edge or IE, most times it is related to the initialization of the REST API. To fix that, you need to call the WebPDF.ViewerInstance.updateCurrentUserInfo() to make sure the API is running successfully and generating an Access Token. You can find the front-end WebPDF Viewer example code […]

Is it possible to retrieve a file from an external server using WebPDF Viewer? Yes. To achieve the file retrieve using WebPDF Viewer, follow the steps below: 1 – Deploy your own document server. We provide Foxit WebPDF users with a Java sample code for reference. It is available in ‘webpdf\sample\webpdf-extension-sample’, specifically , DocumentController.java 2 – Modify the javascript file apiConfig.js […]

Yes. The function openFileByUri can open a file from a URL: params = { url: the file url} WebPDF.ViewerInstance.openFileByUri(params)

No. Currently Foxit WebPDF Viewer does not support hyperlink annotations. You can use Foxit PDF SDK or Foxit PhantomPDF to implement external link annotations. Note: This article refers to a deprecated version of a Foxit Product. If you are still using Foxit WebPDF Viewer, please refer to your download package documents for Developer Guide and […]

Getting Started with WebPDF Viewer Foxit WebPDF Viewer is a cross-platform solution for quickly displaying and manipulating PDF document in a web browser. Built on Foxit’s widely-used core PDF technology, WebPDF Viewer provides extensive and easy-to-use capabilities for online viewing. This guide will show you how to quickly create your own basic WebPDF Viewer page. […]

No, it’s possible to prevent users from being able to download a PDF which they are viewing through WebPDF Viewer. Please see below for details. Some users have pointed out that when using the online demo of WebPDF Viewer that the full path to the PDF file is exposed. The demo site is using the API […]

To request an SDK for a different platform, follow the steps below: What operating system do you need support for? What version of the operating system? What architecture does it use? Provide the hardware device name and version of the device. Provide the compiling tool needed to build the library. What flag is needed to […]

Yes, Foxit WebPDF Viewer supports Docker deployments. A Docker Image for WebPDF Viewer is provided in the Docker Hub public repository: https://hub.docker.com/r/foxitsoftware/webpdf/ Note: This article refers to a deprecated version of a Foxit Product. If you are still using Foxit WebPDF Viewer, please refer to your download package documents for Developer Guide and API Reference. […]

The project uses dom4j->xml-apis, it calls node class from dom4j but not from JDK. So it reports node class error. To solve the problem, right click properties of the project, select builder path, and then move the JDK up to maven dependencies, it will call the node class from JDK. The error will disappear. Note: […]