Read View Preferences

This example shows how to read the initial view preferences specified in a PDF loaded into the viewer.

window.onload = async function () { //DsPdfViewer.LicenseKey = "***key***"; const viewer = new DsPdfViewer("#viewer"); viewer.addDefaultPanels(); viewer.onAfterOpen.register(async function () { const prefs = await viewer.viewerPreferences; let sBrief = ""; let sDetails = ""; for (const k in prefs) { const val = prefs[k]; if (!val) continue; sBrief += `${k}; `; if (k === "openAction" && val.dest) { const pageRef = val.dest[0]; const targetPageIndex = await viewer.resolvePageIndex(pageRef); sDetails += `${k}=${JSON.stringify(val)}, open page with index ${targetPageIndex}; `; } else { sDetails += `${k}=${(typeof val === "object" ? JSON.stringify(val) : val)}; `; } } if (!sBrief) viewer.showMessage("PDF does not have initial viewer preferences.", "", "info"); else viewer.showMessage("PDF has the following preferences: " + sBrief, sDetails, "info"); }); viewer.open("/document-solutions/javascript-pdf-viewer/demos/product-bundles/assets/pdf/show-viewer-preferences.pdf"); }
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <title>Show initial viewer preferences</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="./src/styles.css"> <script src="/document-solutions/javascript-pdf-viewer/demos/product-bundles/build/dspdfviewer.js"></script> <script src="/document-solutions/javascript-pdf-viewer/demos/resource/js/init.js"></script> <script src="./src/app.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="viewer"></div> </body> </html>
#viewer { height: 100%; }