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Open Source Javascript PDF viewer [closed]

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Is there any open source Javascript based PDF Viewer available? Any guide to developing this kind of script that renders PDF docs would be helpful.

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mhb Avatar asked Aug 22 '10 02:08

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There are some guys at Mozilla working on implementing a PDF reader using HTML5 and JavaScript. It is called pdf.js and one of the developers just made an interesting blog post about the project.

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imladris Avatar answered Sep 22 '22 23:09

imladris

There is an open source HTML5/javascript reader available called Trapeze though its still in its early stages.

Demo site: https://brendandahl.github.io/trapeze-reader/demos/

Github page: https://github.com/brendandahl/trapeze-reader

Disclaimer: I'm the author.

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brendan.dahl Avatar answered Sep 21 '22 23:09

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