GroupDocs.Viewer-CLI 22.9.0

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dotnet tool install --global GroupDocs.Viewer-CLI --version 22.9.0
This package contains a .NET tool you can call from the shell/command line.
dotnet new tool-manifest # if you are setting up this repo
dotnet tool install --local GroupDocs.Viewer-CLI --version 22.9.0
This package contains a .NET tool you can call from the shell/command line.
#tool dotnet:?package=GroupDocs.Viewer-CLI&version=22.9.0
nuke :add-package GroupDocs.Viewer-CLI --version 22.9.0

Document Viewer .NET API

Version 22.9.0 Nuget

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This robust .NET on-premise file viewer API supports rendering of 130+ format types in HTML, image & PDF formats. 90+ formats are supported for auto-detection.

Document Viewer Processing Features

  • View documents by rendering in an HTML, image, or PDF format.
  • Reuse common resources across several HTML pages.
  • Make each HTML page self=sufficient by rendering it with embedded resources.
  • Render files in the lossless PNG file format or lossy JPG compressed image format.
  • Apply page rotation or change page order when rendering a document to HTML or image formats.
  • Apply the specified text as a watermark to all pages while being rendered into HTML or image.
  • Boost document loading speed to optimize application performance via caching.
  • Perform document text extract for PNG and JPG formats.
  • Fetch basic information about source documents.
  • Extract a list of folders contained in an archive.
  • Fetch a list of layers and layouts from a CAD drawing.
  • Get a list of folders contained in an Outlook data file.
  • Extract information about PDF document printing restrictions.
  • Fetch the start and end dates of a project from the MS Project file.
  • Minify HTML & CSS to improve the rendering process.
  • Render to responsive HTML.
  • Apply watermark on the output pages of HTML, image, or PDF files.
  • Render documents with comments, notes, and custom fonts.
  • Replace missing fonts while rendering.

HTML, Image, PDF Rendering Supported Formats

Microsoft Word: DOC, DOCM, DOCX, DOT, DOTM, DOTX
Microsoft Excel: XLS, XLSB, XLSM, XLSX, XLT, XLTX, XLAM
Microsoft PowerPoint: PPT, PPTX, PPTM, PPS, PPSX, PPSM, POT, POTM, POTX
Microsoft Visio: VDW, VDX, VSD, VSDM, VSDX, VSS, VSSM, VSSX, VST, VSTM, VSTX, VSX, VTX
Microsoft Project: MPP, MPT, MPX
Microsoft OneNote: ONE
OpenOffice: ODG, OTG, OXPS, ODP, OTP, ODS, OTS, ODT, OTT, OXPS
AutoCAD: DGN, DWF, DWT, DWG, DXF
CorelDraw: CDR
Adobe Photoshop: PSD, PSB
IBM Notes: NSF
Programming: CS, VB, AS, AS3, ASM, BAT, C, CC, CMAKE, CPP, CSS, CXX, ERB, GROOVY, H, HAML, HH, JAVA, JS, JSON, LESS, LOG, M, MAKE, MD, ML, MM, PHP, PL, PROPERTIES, PY, RB, RST, SASS, SCALA, SCM, SCRIPT, SH, SML, SQL, VIM, YAML
Image: GIF, ICO, JP2, JPF, JPX, JPM, J2C, J2K, JPC, JPG, JPEG, SVG, TIF, TIFF
Markup: HTML, MHT, MHTML, MD
Portable: PDF
Archive: TAR, ZIP, BZ2, RAR, GZ
Email: EML, EMLX, MSG, OST, PST
Metafile: CGM, EMF, WMF, WMZ, EMZ, CMX
Other: IFC, STL, PS, XPS, TEX, SXC, DJVU, DNG, DIB, EPS

Supported Formats for Auto Detection

Microsoft Word: DOC, DOCM, DOCX, DOT, DOTM, DOTX
Microsoft Excel: XLS, XLSB, XLSM, XLSX, XLTX, XLAM
Microsoft PowerPoint: PPT, PPTX, PPTM, PPS, PPSX, PPSM, POT, POTM, POTX
Microsoft Visio: VDW, VDX, VSD, VSDM, VSDX, VSS, VSSM, VSSX, VST, VSTM, VSTX, VSX, VTX
Microsoft Project: MPP, MPT, MPX
Microsoft OneNote: ONE
OpenOffice: ODG, OTG, OXPS, ODP, OTP, ODS, OTS, ODT, OTT, OXPS
AutoCAD: DGN, DWF, DWT, DWG, DXF
CorelDraw: CDR
Adobe Photoshop: PSD, PSB
Programming: CS, VB
Image: GIF, ICO, JP2, JPF, JPX, JPM, J2C, J2K, JPC, JPG, JPEG, SVG, TIF, TIFF
Markup: HTML, MD
Portable: PDF
Archive: TAR, ZIP, BZ2
Email: EML, EMLX, MSG, OST, PST
Metafile: CGM, EMF, WMF
Other: IFC, STL, PS, XPS, TEX, SXC, DJVU, DNG, DIB, EPS

Platform Independence

GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET does not require any external software or third-party tool to be installed. GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET supports any 32-bit or 64-bit operating system where .NET or Mono framework is installed. The other details are as follows:

Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows Desktop (x86, x64) (XP & up), Microsoft Windows Server (x86, x64) (2000 & up), Windows Azure
Mac OS: Mac OS X
Linux: Linux (Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, CentOS and others)
Development Environments: Microsoft Visual Studio (2010 & up), Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.IOS, Xamarin.Mac, MonoDevelop 2.4 and later.
Supported Frameworks: GroupDocs.Conversion for .NET supports .NET and Mono frameworks.

Get Started

Are you ready to give GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET (CLI) a try? Simply execute dotnet tool install --global GroupDocs.Viewer-CLI to install as a gloabl tool. For the installation as local please execute:
dotnet new tool-manifest
if you are setting up this repo
dotnet tool install --local GroupDocs.Viewer-CLI

Please check the GitHub Repository for other common usage scenarios.

Use C# Code to Render All Layouts of a DWG CAD Drawing

string outputDirectory = @"C:\output\RenderAllLayouts";
string pageFilePathFormat = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, "page_{0}.html");
using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("with_layers_and_layouts.dwg"))
{
   HtmlViewOptions options = HtmlViewOptions.ForEmbeddedResources(pageFilePathFormat);
   options.CadOptions.RenderLayouts = true;
   viewer.View(options);
}

Apply Password to PDF File via C# Code

string outputDirectory = @"C:\output\ProtectPdfDocument";
string filePath = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, "output.pdf");
using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.docx"))
{
    // set PDF file security
    Security security = new Security();
    security.DocumentOpenPassword = "o123";
    security.PermissionsPassword = "p123";
    security.Permissions = Permissions.AllowAll ^ Permissions.DenyPrinting;

    PdfViewOptions options = new PdfViewOptions(filePath);
    options.Security = security;

    viewer.View(options);
}

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Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp3.1 is compatible. 
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