Unload the PDF document programmatically
31 Oct 20231 minute to read
The PDF Viewer library allows you to unload the PDF document being displayed in the PDF Viewer control programmatically using the unload() method.
The following steps are used to unload the PDF document programmatically.
Step 1: Follow the steps provided in the link to create a simple PDF Viewer sample.
Step 2: Add the following code snippet to perform the unload operation.
<button type="button" onclick="unload()">Unload Document</button>
<div style="width:100%;height:600px">
<ejs-pdfviewer
id="pdfviewer"
documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf">
</ejs-pdfviewer>
</div>
<script>
// Unload the PDF document.
function unload() {
var viewer = document.getElementById('pdfviewer').ej2_instances[0];
viewer.unload();
}
</script><button type="button" onclick="unload()">Unload Document</button>
<div style="width:100%;height:600px">
<ejs-pdfviewer
id="pdfviewer"
serviceUrl='/Index'
documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf">
</ejs-pdfviewer>
</div>
<script>
// Unload the PDF document.
function unload() {
var viewer = document.getElementById('pdfviewer').ej2_instances[0];
viewer.unload();
}
</script>