Load from URL
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The following code snippet shows how to load a document from a URL:
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using GroupDocs.Viewer;
using GroupDocs.Viewer.Options;
// ...
string url = "https://github.com/groupdocs-viewer/GroupDocs.Viewer-for-.NET/blob/master/Examples/GroupDocs.Viewer.Examples.CSharp/Resources/SampleFiles/sample.docx?raw=true";
Stream stream = DownloadFile(url);
using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer(stream, new LoadOptions(FileType.DOCX)))
{
HtmlViewOptions viewOptions = HtmlViewOptions.ForEmbeddedResources();
viewer.View(viewOptions);
}
static Stream DownloadFile(string url)
{
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
using (WebResponse response = request.GetResponse())
return GetFileStream(response);
}
static Stream GetFileStream(WebResponse response)
{
MemoryStream fileStream = new MemoryStream();
using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
responseStream.CopyTo(fileStream);
fileStream.Position = 0;
return fileStream;
}
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports GroupDocs.Viewer
Imports GroupDocs.Viewer.Options
' ...
Module Program
Sub Main(args As String())
Dim url As String = "https://github.com/groupdocs-viewer/GroupDocs.Viewer-for-.NET/blob/master/Examples/GroupDocs.Viewer.Examples.CSharp/Resources/SampleFiles/sample.docx?raw=true"
Dim stream As Stream = DownloadFile(url)
Using viewer As New Viewer(stream, new LoadOptions(FileType.DOCX))
Dim viewOptions As HtmlViewOptions = HtmlViewOptions.ForEmbeddedResources()
viewer.View(viewOptions)
End Using
End Sub
Private Function DownloadFile(ByVal url As String) As Stream
Dim request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(url)
Using response As WebResponse = request.GetResponse()
Return GetFileStream(response)
End Using
End Function
Private Function GetFileStream(ByVal response As WebResponse) As Stream
Dim fileStream As New MemoryStream()
Using responseStream As Stream = response.GetResponseStream()
responseStream.CopyTo(fileStream)
End Using
fileStream.Position = 0
Return fileStream
End Function
End Module
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