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Getting started with JavaScript (ES5) PDF Viewer control

08 Dec 2022 / 3 minutes to read

The Essential JS 2 for JavaScript (global script) is an ES5 formatted pure JavaScript framework which can be directly used in latest web browsers.

Component Initialization

The Essential JS 2 JavaScript components can be initialized by using either of the following ways.

  • Using local script and style references in a HTML page.
  • Using CDN link for script and style reference.

Using local script and style references in a HTML page

Step 1: Create an app folder myapp for Essential JS 2 JavaScript components.

Step 2: You can get the global scripts and styles from the Essential Studio JavaScript (Essential JS 2) build installed location.

Syntax:

Script: **(installed location)**/Syncfusion/Essential Studio/JavaScript - EJ2/{RELEASE_VERSION}/Web(Essential JS 2)/JavaScript/{PACKAGE_NAME}/dist/{PACKAGE_NAME}.min.js

Styles: **(installed location)**/Syncfusion/Essential Studio/JavaScript - EJ2/{RELEASE_VERSION}/Web(Essential JS 2)/JavaScript/{PACKAGE_NAME}/styles/material.css

Example:

Script: C:/Program Files (x86)/Syncfusion/Essential Studio/JavaScript - EJ2/19.3.53/Web(Essential JS 2)/JavaScript/ej2/dist/ej2.min.js

Styles: C:/Program Files (x86)/Syncfusion/Essential Studio/JavaScript - EJ2/19.3.53/Web(Essential JS 2)/JavaScript/ej2-js-es5/styles/material.css

You can also clone the Essential JS 2 quickstart project and install necessary packages by using the following commands.

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git clone https://github.com/syncfusion/ej2-quickstart.git quickstart
cd quickstart
npm install

Step 3: Create a folder myapp/resources and copy/paste the scripts and styles of ej2 package from the above installed location to myapp/resources location.

Step 4: Create a HTML page (index.html) in myapp location and add the Essentials JS 2 script and style references.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
  <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
   <head>
        <title>Essential JS 2</title>
        <!-- Essential JS 2 material theme -->
        <link href="resources/ej2-js-es5/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>

        <!-- Essential JS 2 PDF Viewer's script -->
        <script src="resources/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
   </head>
   <body>
   </body>
  </html>

Step 5: Now, add the Div element and initiate the Essential JS 2 PDF Viewer component in the index.html by using following code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
  <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
   <head>
      <title>Essential JS 2</title>
      <!-- Essential JS 2 material theme -->
      <link href="resources/ej2-js-es5/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>

      <!-- Essential JS 2 PDF Viewer's script -->
      <script src="resources/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
   </head>
   <body>
      <!--element which is going to render-->
      <div id="container">
           <div id="PdfViewer" style="display:block;height:580px;width:100%;">
           </div>
      </div>
      <script>
           //Initialize PDF Viewer component
           var pdfviewer = new ej.pdfviewer.PdfViewer({
                documentPath: "PDF_Succinctly.pdf",
                serviceUrl: 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer'
           });
           //PDF Viewer control rendering starts
           pdfviewer.appendTo('#PdfViewer');
      </script>
   </body>
  </html>

For PDF Viewer serviceUrl creation, follow the steps provided in the link

View web service sample in GitHub

Step 6: Now, run the index.html in web browser, it will render the Essential JS 2 PDF Viewer component as below.

JavaScript Output

Step 1: Create an app folder myapp for the Essential JS 2 JavaScript components.

Step 2: The Essential JS 2 component’s global scripts and styles are already hosted in the below CDN link formats.

Script: https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.3.56/dist/ej2.min.js

Styles: https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.3.56/material.css

Step 3: Create a HTML page (index.html) in myapp location and add the CDN link references. Now, add the Div element and initiate the Essential JS 2 PDF Viewer component in the index.html by using following code.

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index.html
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<!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head>
          <title>Essential JS 2</title>
          <!-- Essential JS 2 material theme -->
          <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.3.56/material.css" rel="stylesheet">

          <!-- Essential JS 2 PDF Viewer's script -->            
          <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.3.56/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
	<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.3.56/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
     <body>
          <!--element which is going to render-->
          <div id="container">
               <div id="PdfViewer" style="height:580px;width:100%;">
               </div>
          </div>
          <script>                
               //Initialize PDF Viewer component
               var pdfviewer = new ej.pdfviewer.PdfViewer({
                    documentPath: "PDF_Succinctly.pdf",
                    serviceUrl: 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer'
               });
               ej.pdfviewer.PdfViewer.Inject(ej.pdfviewer.TextSelection, ej.pdfviewer.TextSearch, ej.pdfviewer.Navigation,ej.pdfviewer.Print);
               //PDF Viewer control rendering starts
               pdfviewer.appendTo('#PdfViewer');
          </script>       
	     <script>
			var ele = document.getElementById('container');
			if(ele) {
				ele.style.visibility = "visible";
			}   
        </script>
	
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Step 4: Now, run the index.html in web browser, it will render the Essential JS 2 PDF Viewer component.

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