Getting Started: Document Viewer with ASP.NET Core and .NET 6

This article shows how to use the TX Text Control ASP.NET document viewer within a .NET 6 application in Visual Studio 2022.

The following tutorial shows how to create a .NET 6 ASP.NET Core web application that uses the Document Viewer ╰ TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET
╰ Web.MVC.DocumentViewer Namespace
╰ DocumentViewer Class
The DocumentViewer class represents an extension object implementing the TX Text Control DocumentViewer functionality. component.

Creating the Application

Make sure that you downloaded the latest version of Visual Studio 2022 that comes with the .NET 6 SDK.

Creating the .NET 6 project

  1. In Visual Studio 2022, create a new project by choosing Create a new project.
  2. Select ASP.NET Core Web App (Model-View-Controller) as the project template and confirm with Next.
  3. Choose a name for your project and confirm with Next.
  4. In the next dialog, choose .NET 6 (Long-term support) as the Framework and confirm with Create.

Adding the NuGet Package

ASP.NET Core Web Application

  1. In the Solution Explorer, select your created project and choose Manage NuGet Packages. from the Project main menu. Browse for txtextcontrol and Install the latest version of the TXTextControl.Web.DocumentViewer package.

Adding the Control to the View

  1. Find the Index.cshtml file in the Views -> Home folder. Replace the complete content with the following code:

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