[Q] PDF reading on Wp7 - Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Why isn't any good pdf reader out there for windows phone 7 devices.
There are very less no of apps regarding pdf reading.

What all apps for pdf did you find other than the adobe?

I think there are two more apps.........
1. PDF viewer(DotNetNuzzi)
2. Amazing free pocket.
But both are pretty dumb apss.
Is developing pdf viewer on wp7 that much hard.

Developing a PDF reader on *anything* is hard. It's a complicated format. Developing one on the phone is harder still, because you need to write it in .NET unless you get special permission from Microsoft. The official Adobe Reader app uses a native component (accessed via COM, much like many homebrew apps) to do the actual PDF rendering.
Is there some specific feature you need that the current PDF reader apps don't offer? I don't enjoy reading PDFs (on my phone or anywhere else) but I've found the Adobe Reader app to be sufficient for use on the phone.

GoodDayToDie said:
Developing a PDF reader on *anything* is hard. It's a complicated format. Developing one on the phone is harder still, because you need to write it in .NET unless you get special permission from Microsoft. The official Adobe Reader app uses a native component (accessed via COM, much like many homebrew apps) to do the actual PDF rendering.
Is there some specific feature you need that the current PDF reader apps don't offer? I don't enjoy reading PDFs (on my phone or anywhere else) but I've found the Adobe Reader app to be sufficient for use on the phone.
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Ok, but Adobe Reader on WP7 doesn't have important features like: searching, "go to page" and it's little slow!

djfoxer said:
Ok, but Adobe Reader on WP7 doesn't have important features like: searching, "go to page" and it's little slow!
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how about sending them a feedback or just a simple review telling them.

I feel the most important feature the PDF reader lacks is its inability to open "password protected files"
All card statements and mobile phone bills come with password via email and its really handy to open it in mobile instead of PC or lappy.

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Since the CDK / SDK is available from Adobe Labs (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/index.html?view=downloads) is it possible to develop such important tools like HIGHLIGHT TEXT, ANNOTATE etc.
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Android PDF Print Driver

Hello,
My phone is the HTC EVO Slide. My question is relating to whether or not there is an application that would give the phone the ability to save or convert word, text, excel documents into PDF documents. Something similar to the ability of the Cute PDF driver on the Microsoft Windows operating system? I have Quick Office Pro installed on my phone and it cannot do this. I am willing to pay for this functionality. Any input would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Peter
I'm also very interested in it.
Somebody who can help us?
+ 1on this.
I really need something like this, but Primo PDF kind of product as I often need to send a doc from my google docs to someone, if and PDF is the best way.
word to pdf
there's an app on adroid market called pdf converter. It takes documents in almost any format and converts it on a server in the internet to a PDF file. hope this helps.

Does WP7 have API feature parity with Iphone and Android with Mango?

So does WP7 have the API`s to create any APP currently on IPHONE OR ANDROID?? and are features now on the same level??? If not whats missing?? and in what areas is Windows Phone ahead if any?
WP7's current API is missing a lot of stuff, mostly sockets. But all of that is coming with Mango and after that, it will be on really high level of integration and possibilities. And if we take in count also the fact that whole .NET (C#) with XNA framework is super easy and super awesome to code with (compared to Java and C++), I think that WP7 will be the best coding platform in here.
XNA will still be missing custom shaders in Mango, right? That would be big for 3D gaming.
There's still no way to handle files between apps (I.e. you can't and won't be able to write an app that would become a default app for a certain file type).
Other than that, native APIs are missing, which makes some apps outright impossible (browsers, codecs, media players), others expensive because virtually no code cam be reused from other platforms (games, Satnav).
vangrieg said:
There's still no way to handle files between apps (I.e. you can't and won't be able to write an app that would become a default app for a certain file type).
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Are you sure about this one? In one of the demo videos, they showed an example of trying to open a PDF file from SkyDrive, and it knew to go to the Marketplace to get the Adobe reader app. And if I remember correctly, they mentioned that the same capability would exist for at least some other file types.
RoboDad said:
Are you sure about this one? In one of the demo videos, they showed an example of trying to open a PDF file from SkyDrive, and it knew to go to the Marketplace to get the Adobe reader app. And if I remember correctly, they mentioned that the same capability would exist for at least some other file types.
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This is nothing new for PDF. For other file types, I simply see no references in dev tools or on MSDN. If you want to register your app as a filetype handler, you need to have APIs for, say, IE to pass a file to your app, and the capability needs to be declared in a manifest file or something. It's nowhere to be found as far as I see.

access an excel data base from table

hi
I work fork a distribution center for hardware parts and have been task with making our excel price database avalible to my 70 year boss on his kindle fire.
my original plan was to use dropbox , sync up the work pc with his tablet and in his tablet make the the document avalible threw adobe reader or open office probably as a read only document (since he doesnt know much about excel)
but i found that he generally disliked the use of spreadsheets on the tablet and am wondering if theres a way to create a more user friendly database for his tablet.
any help will be great and am willing to root the device if needed
xsessive said:
but i found that he generally disliked the use of spreadsheets on the tablet and am wondering if theres a way to create a more user friendly database for his tablet.
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How about a html export from excel, so you have a simple webpage? Then there is no need to have spreadsheet files and so on. Depending on the size of the original spreadsheet it might get a bit big to scroll though.

Great Free Microsoft Office document viewer

Just wanted to write a review about a great app to give back to the developers. It's the best Microsoft Office viewer there is and it's free: Mobile Document Viewer. The interface is clean and it works very fast (except with very large files), and can even read documents to with a built-in text to speech engine. It's a MUST tool to always have installed on your phone because you never know when you are going to need it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.joergjahnke.documentviewer.android.free

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