Foxit Preview Handler for XP

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Foxit Preview Handler for XP

| posted @ Friday, March 28, 2008 3:41 PM | 23 Comments |

Ever since I released my version of the Foxit PDF Preview Handler, I've been flooded with comments about building a version that works for Windows XP. You see XP doesn't have the preview host that Vista has built into the operating system.

Well, I finally had some time to hunt down some code and get it working, thanks to the help of Ryan Gregg from the Outlook team. I released the sample code I used as a base for this as a part of our Code Trip project. You can view my short screencast explaining one of the core pieces here using the Code Trip's embedded Silverlight player:

You can download the Foxit PDF Preview Handler for XP here. If you have Windows Vista, I recommend you stick with the existing one for Vista as it leverages the existing preview host that is built into Vista.

Hope this helps!

tags: foxit, preview handler, foxit reader, pdf, ryan gregg, codetrip, silverlight

Friday, March 28, 2008 3:41 PM

Comments.

Alex said:

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I don't see a link to the download

3/29/2008 3:22 PM
timheuer said:

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sorry :-) -- link fixed

3/29/2008 4:05 PM
Delmar Binkley said:

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great work....so this does not rely on having Foxit installed?

4/2/2008 5:16 PM
Delmar Binkley said:

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is it OK to use this at work? Wasn't sure how to understand the license agreement.

4/2/2008 5:17 PM
Keith Smith said:

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Thanks Tim!! A++!

4/3/2008 12:26 PM
Sven Jänicke said:

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Thanks Tim for the nice add-in!!!

Good job!!!

4/4/2008 6:47 AM
Vinay said:

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Hi Tim,

It is a really great. Thanks.

4/5/2008 4:14 PM
Leon said:

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I think it's getting be better if hidden the tool bar like work/excel preview :)

4/7/2008 9:00 AM
Daniel said:

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Great! This was a wait, but it's wonderful you took the time to make this. Much appreciated!

4/8/2008 12:06 AM
George said:

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Thanks for the great work you have put together!

4/8/2008 12:13 AM
Manu Jain said:

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Great stuff - works like a charm and allows me to view mutiple pdf documents easliy.

4/9/2008 10:49 AM
Andrew said:

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Thanks - it works very well

4/17/2008 4:07 AM
Ian said:

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Well worth the wait, installs and works just as expected. Thanks for making the effort Tim.

4/19/2008 5:32 AM
Randy said:

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Thanks a lot Tim, Great Job!
I did a search for this previewer on Google and Adobe did not come up anywhere. How could they possible drop the ball on this? Or do they have one and I just missed it.

4/19/2008 7:34 AM
timheuer said:

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@randy: the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader comes with a PDF Preview Handler built-in. So if you are an Adobe Reader user, grab the latest version and you will have it. I prefer Foxit Reader which is why we created this one. But Adobe absolutely has one in their Reader product.

4/19/2008 1:31 PM
Rebecca said:

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Thanks. Just what I have been searching for- print buttons etc are fantastic!

4/21/2008 12:01 AM
Manish said:

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Thanks Tim....
Great JOB....

4/21/2008 2:01 AM
Andreas said:

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Thanks a lot!
Been waiting for this since I stumbled upon the Vista version a while back. Just pure luck that I did a search again and that you had made this great effort.
Works very well and I like Foxit a lot more that the bloated Adobe pdf reader.

4/21/2008 8:31 AM
David Szpunar said:

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Thanks for writing the Vista and XP versions of this previewer, I missed the Preview function as I prefer Foxit to Adobe even after Adobe added their version. I wrote a post a year ago on my own blog with a link to a temporary preview add-on by Ryan Gregg, which he pulled after Adobe added official support in 8.1 for previews, and that post is to this day, over a year later, still my most-trafficked post! I've recently updated it to add links to your excellent Foxit previewers so people have a choice; both of my main systems are running Foxit only and no Adobe Reader. I don't miss it! Thanks again.

4/29/2008 10:42 AM
brenna said:

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Thank you!

5/1/2008 10:45 AM
rick said:

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Thanks very much, works like a charm!!!!

5/2/2008 6:05 AM
Teckno said:

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Many Thanks!!!

You add-in is exactly what exists when needed! :)

5/7/2008 1:49 AM
Moritz Schubotz said:

# Works with Windows 2003

Thanks a lot.
Works also with Windows 2003.
Keep at it!

5/9/2008 1:55 AM