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QuickView .NET MVC Sample

version 1.0.2

System Requirements

• .NET Framework 4.5
• Visual Studio 2015

Description

Native, simple, fully configurable and optimized .NET document viewer application. Open and view your document without losing data and/or formatting.

Thanks to powerful and flexible GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET API, over 50 document formats are supported across all platforms (Windows, Unix) and browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, IE). All rendered documents are 100% copies of original documents without any quality loss.

This sample can be run as service with RESTful API or as standalone application with built-in UI.

Note In order to get all benefits and to use all features without any limitations you need to purchase valid GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET license or request GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET temporary license

Instructions

Run as RESTful Service

Running QuickView .NET MVC Sample as service will allow you to host your application on any instance and provide fully working RESTful API.

Features

• Doesn't require to access working server all the time for UI updates.
• Doesn't require service restart for any UI updates.
• Allows to have multiple UI applications on a different instances but with one main server.
• Allows to implement additional features in your application, such as user-roles, additional permissions, groups, etc.
• Remote controls and access.

How to run in Service Mode

1. Download QuickView .NET MVC.
2. Extract QuickView .NET MVC to desired/work directory (if sample was downloaded as zip).
3. Navigate to QuickView .NET MVC root directory.
4. Open QuickView.sln in the Visual Studio.
5. Update Web.config file by setting 'runAsService' true in the "quickViewConfig" section.
6. Start the solution.
7. Download QuickView.
8. Extract QuickView to desired/work directory (if downloaded as zip).
9. Navigate to QuickView root directory.
10. Open quickview.html file in text editor.
11. Update applicationPath parameter with your server URL.
12. Open quickview.html with any browser.

Run as Standalone Application

Running QuickView .NET MVC as standalone application is more simple and host all-in-one on single server, which will be accessible by all users directly.

Features

• Simple all-in-one application.
• Allows to implement additional features in your application, such as user-roles, additional permissions, groups, etc.

How to run in Standalone Mode

1. Download QuickView .NET MVC.
2. Extract QuickView .NET MVC to desired/work directory (if sample was downloaded as zip).
3. Navigate to QuickView .NET MVC root directory.
4. Open QuickView.sln in the Visual Studio.
5. Update Web.config file by setting 'runAsService' false in the "quickViewConfig" section..
6. Start the solution
7. Go to localhost:PORT/viewer/, PORT - port number specified in project Properties (by default http://localhost:8080/viewer/).