Re: Convert btye[] to pdf

As Greg pointed out, it would be better not to hardcode which application
opens the PDF file. I hate when a program does that to me.

Sébastien
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Peter Ritchie <
[email protected]> wrote:

> You'll likely not be able to avoid writing the data to a file in a Windows
> application.  Unless you can find a control that will accept a byte array as
> a parameter (which will likely then write that data to a file on your
> behalf) that you can host in your application.
>
> Assuming acroread is installed in the standard directory, you can do this:
>        String filePath = Path.GetTempFileName();
>        System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, Data);
>        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader
> 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe", FilePath);
>
> When the user cleans their temporary directory the file being written will
> be erases.  Otherwise, you can subscribe to the Process.Exited event (after
> storing the return value of the Start method) and delete the file then.
>
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