Load from URL
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The following code snippet shows how to load a document from a URL:
string url = "https://github.com/groupdocs-viewer/GroupDocs.Viewer-for-.NET/blob/master/Examples/GroupDocs.Viewer.Examples.CSharp/Resources/SampleFiles/sample.docx?raw=true";
Stream stream = DownloadFile(url);
using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer(stream))
{
HtmlViewOptions viewOptions = HtmlViewOptions.ForEmbeddedResources();
viewer.View(viewOptions);
}
static Stream DownloadFile(string url)
{
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
using (WebResponse response = request.GetResponse())
return GetFileStream(response);
}
static Stream GetFileStream(WebResponse response)
{
MemoryStream fileStream = new MemoryStream();
using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
responseStream.CopyTo(fileStream);
fileStream.Position = 0;
return fileStream;
}
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