C# Help

[tomparker95]

Hi all, very much a beginner at C# coding and im totally stuck.

I am doing a project with a colleague who's done most of the coding as that's his area - I need to do some to contribute however.

I need some help on writing some code to simply open a .PDF file thats stored on our work network, whats a simple way to do this in C#, I just need the code?

Thanks

 

[tom_e]

Ask ChatGPT, it's not always perfect but it's pretty good at giving you almost the right answer that just needs some finessing

 

[Mr Jack]

PDF aren't easy to work with, what do you want to do with them?

And couldn't disagree more with the idea of ChatGPTing it.

 

[FredFlint]

If you just want to open a file with the default program:
// path = the file path string
Process.Start("explorer", "\"" + path + "\"");

 

[Hawk Tuah]

I'd start with something like....

How to return PDF to browser in MVC?

I have this demo code for iTextSharp Document document = new Document(); try { PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream("Chap0101.pdf", FileMode.Create)); document.

stackoverflow.com

 

[tomparker95]

PDF aren't easy to work with, what do you want to do with them?

And couldn't disagree more with the idea of ChatGPTing it.

All I need it to do, is type in a file number and it opens the PDF. Dont need to edit it

 

[Mr Jack]

All I need it to do, is type in a file number and it opens the PDF. Dont need to edit it

This should do it.

 

[GravyMonster]

Is this for a WPF app, webforms, MVC, WebAPI, something else? The method you use will be dependent on your platform.