How to convert and view TXT files
TXT documents are simple text documents, without additional (font size, paragraphs/text styling) formatting. These files can be opened with windows notepad, or Microsoft office/OpenOffice desktop applications. In case you need to view a text files in a browser or in a standard image or PDF viewer application, you can convert it to HTML, JPEG, PNG PDF format with GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET.
How to convert Text files
Convert TXT to HTML
To convert TXT files to multiple pages HTML with GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET use following code:
using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.txt"))
{
HtmlViewOptions options = HtmlViewOptions.ForEmbeddedResources("output_{0}.html");
viewer.View(options);
}
To convert TXT files to single HTML with GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET use following code:
using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.txt"))
{
HtmlViewOptions options = HtmlViewOptions.ForEmbeddedResources("output.html");
options.RenderSinglePage = true;
viewer.View(options);
}
The following screenshot shows the output HTML file opened in a browser.
Convert TXT to JPG
To convert TXT files to JPG with GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET use following code:
using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.txt"))
{
JpgViewOptions options = new JpgViewOptions("output.jpg");
viewer.View(options);
}
The following screenshot shows the output JPG file opened in a Windows Photo Viewer application.
Convert TXT to PNG
To convert PLT/HPG files to PNG with GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET use following code:
using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.txt"))
{
PngViewOptions options = new PngViewOptions("output.png");
viewer.View(options);
}
The following screenshot shows the output PNG file opened in a Windows Photo Viewer application.
Convert TXT to PDF
To convert TXT files to PDF with GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET use following code:
using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.txt"))
{
PdfViewOptions options = new PdfViewOptions("output.pdf");
viewer.View(options);
}
The following screenshot shows the output PDF file opened in an Acrobat Reader.
More resources
View TXT Files Online
Along with full-featured .NET library we provide simple but powerful free online Apps. View TXT files online with GroupDocs Viewer App.
GitHub Examples
You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:
- GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET examples, plugins, and showcase
- GroupDocs.Viewer for Java examples, plugins, and showcase
- Document Viewer for .NET MVC UI Example
- Document Viewer for .NET App WebForms UI Modern Example
- Document Viewer for Java App Dropwizard UI Modern Example
- Document Viewer for Java Spring UI Example