Create a blank ASP.NET MVC5 application.

Server side: Add references to the Vintasoft assemblies to ASP.NET MVC5 application.

Server side: Specify drawing engine, which should be used by VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK for drawing of 2D graphics.

• Add reference to the Vintasoft.Imaging.Gdi.dll assembly.
  
• Open "Global.asax.cs" file, add code line "Vintasoft.Imaging.Drawing.Gdi.GdiGraphicsFactory.SetAsDefault();" at the beginning of Application_Start method - added code specifies that VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK should use System.Drawing library for drawing of 2D graphics.

Server side: Create web services, which allow to upload/download file, manage image collection, get information about images, get thumbnails, render image tiles, work with PDF document.

• Create web service that allows to upload/download file

  • Press the right mouse button on the "Controllers" folder and select the "Add => Controller..." menu from context menu
    
  • Select "Empty API controller" template, set the controller name to the "MyVintasoftFileApiController" and press the "Add" button
    
  • Specify that MyVintasoftFileApiController class is derived from Vintasoft.Imaging.Web.Api2Controllers.VintasoftFileApi2Controller class
    
    Here are source codes of MyVintasoftFileApiController class:
    
    • C#

    namespace WebApplication1.Controllers
    {
        public class MyVintasoftFileApiController : Vintasoft.Imaging.Web.Api2Controllers.VintasoftFileApi2Controller
        {
    
            public MyVintasoftFileApiController()
                : base()
            {
            }
    
        }
    }
    
    

    
    

• Create web service that allows to manage image collection

  • Press the right mouse button on the "Controllers" folder and select the "Add => Controller..." menu from context menu
    
  • Select "Empty API controller" template, set the controller name to the "MyVintasoftImageCollectionApiController" and press the "Add" button
    
  • Specify that MyVintasoftImageCollectionApiController class is derived from Vintasoft.Imaging.Web.Api2Controllers.VintasoftImageCollectionApi2Controller class
    
    Here are source codes of MyVintasoftImageCollectionApiController class:
    
    • C#

    namespace WebApplication1.Controllers
    {
        public class MyVintasoftImageCollectionApiController :
            Vintasoft.Imaging.Web.Api2Controllers.VintasoftImageCollectionApi2Controller
        {
    
            public MyVintasoftImageCollectionApiController()
                : base()
            {
            }
    
        }
    }
    
    

    
    

• Create web service that allows to get information about images, get thumbnails, render image tiles, extract/search text

  • Press the right mouse button on the "Controllers" folder and select the "Add => Controller..." menu from context menu
    
  • Select "Empty API controller" template, set the controller name to the "MyVintasoftImageApiController" and press the "Add" button
    
  • Specify that MyVintasoftImageApiController class is derived from Vintasoft.Imaging.Web.Api2Controllers.VintasoftImageApi2Controller class
    
    Here are source codes of MyVintasoftImageApiController class:
    
    • C#

    namespace WebApplication1.Controllers
    {
        public class MyVintasoftImageApiController : Vintasoft.Imaging.Web.Api2Controllers.VintasoftImageApi2Controller
        {
    
            public MyVintasoftImageApiController()
                : base()
            {
            }
    
        }
    }
    
    

    
    

• Create web service that allows to work with PDF document

  • Press the right mouse button on the "Controllers" folder and select the "Add => Controller..." menu from context menu
    
  • Select "Empty API controller" template, set the controller name to the "MyVintasoftPdfApiController" and press the "Add" button
    
  • Specify that MyVintasoftPdfApiController class is derived from Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Web.Api2Controllers.VintasoftPdfApi2Controller class
    
    Here are source codes of MyVintasoftPdfApiController class:
    
    • C#

    namespace WebApplication1.Controllers
    {
        public class MyVintasoftPdfApiController :
            Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Web.Api2Controllers.VintasoftPdfApi2Controller
        {
    
            public MyVintasoftPdfApiController()
                : base()
            {
            }
    
        }
    }
    

    
    
• Open "App_Start\WebApiConfig.cs" file and check that ASP.NET MVC application correctly registers route for Web API controller.
  
  Here are C# source codes of WebApiConfig.cs file:
  
  • C#

  using System.Web.Http;
  
  namespace WebApplication1
  {
      public static class WebApiConfig
      {
          public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
          {
              config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
                  name: "DemoAPI",
                  routeTemplate: "vintasoft/api/{controller}/{action}"
              );
          }
      }
  }
  
  

Server side: Create ASP.NET MVC 5 controller for web view that will display PDF document editor.

• Press the right mouse button on the "Controllers" folder and select the "Add => Controller..." menu from context menu
  
  
  
• Select "MVC 5 Controller - Empty" template, set the controller name to the "DefaultController" and press the "Add" button
  
  
  
• Open "App_Start\RouteConfig.cs" file and check that ASP.NET MVC application correctly registers route for MVC controller.
  
  Here are C# source codes of RouteConfig.cs file:
  
  • C#

  using System.Web.Mvc;
  using System.Web.Routing;
  
  namespace WebApplication1
  {
      public class RouteConfig
      {
          public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
          {
              routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
  
              routes.MapRoute(
                  name: "Default",
                  url: "{controller}/{action}",
                  defaults: new { controller = "Default", action = "Index" }
              );
          }
      }
  }
  
  
  

Server side: Check global configuration of ASP.NET MVC5 application.

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;
using System.Web.Http;

namespace WebApplication1
{
    public class Global : HttpApplication
    {
        void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Code that runs on application startup
            AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
            GlobalConfiguration.Configure(WebApiConfig.Register);
            RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
        }
    }
}

Client side: Create web view for displaying PDF document editor.

• Open "DefaultController.cs" file, press the right mouse button on the "Index" method of DefaultController class and select the "Add View..." menu from context menu
  
• Select "MVC 5 View" template, click "Add" button, set view name to "Index", uncheck "Use a layout page" checkbox and press the "Add" button => "Views\Default\Index.cshtml" file will be created
  

Client side: Add JavaScript libraries to the project.

• Add the "Scripts\" folder to ASP.NET MVC application if folder does not exist.
  
  
• Copy Vintasoft.Shared.js, Vintasoft.Imaging.js, Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.js, Vintasoft.Imaging.css and Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.css files from "<InstallPath>\VintaSoft Imaging .NET 14.0\Bin\JavaScript\" folder into "Scripts\" folder.
  
  
• Specify, which "standard" dialogs (password dialog, print dialog, etc) should be used by web PDF document editor
  • If web PDF document editor should use ready-to-use "standard" jQuery UI dialogs:
    • Copy jQuery file into "Scripts\" folder.
      You can use "jquery-3.3.1.min.js" file from "<InstallPath>\VintaSoft Imaging .NET 14.0\Examples\ASP.NET MVC\CSharp\AspNetMvcImagingDemo\Scripts\External\" folder or jQuery file from any other source.
    • Copy jQuery UI files and folders into "Scripts\" folder.
      You can use "jquery-ui.min.js" file and "jquery-ui-css" folder from "<InstallPath>\VintaSoft Imaging .NET 14.0\Examples\ASP.NET MVC\CSharp\AspNetMvcImagingDemo\Scripts\External\" folder or jQuery UI files and folders from any other source.
    • Copy Vintasoft.Imaging.Dialogs.jQueryUI.js and Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Dialogs.jQueryUI.js files from "<InstallPath>\VintaSoft Imaging .NET 14.0\Bin\JavaScript\" folder into "Scripts\" folder.
      
      
  • If web PDF document editor should use custom "standard" dialogs, please read how to create custom "standard" dialogs here.

Client side: Add JavaScript code that allows to view, print, redact, verify, convert, save PDF document.

• Create folder "UploadedImageFiles\SessionID" and copy test PDF document "<SdkInstallPath>\VintaSoft\Imaging .NET 14.0\Images\VintasoftImagingDemo.pdf" to the folder. This document will be displayed in PDF document editor.
  
  
• Open web view - file "Views\Default\Index.cshtml".
  
  
  
• Add references to Vintasoft JavaScript files:
  
  Here is HTML code that adds references to jQuery and Vintasoft JavaScript files:
  
  • HTML

  <style>
      * {
          -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
          box-sizing: border-box;
          border-collapse: collapse;
      }
  </style>
  
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="~/Scripts/jquery-ui-css/jquery-ui.min.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Imaging.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.css">
  
  <script src="~/Scripts/jquery-3.3.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="~/Scripts/jquery-ui.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  
  <script src="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Shared.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Imaging.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Imaging.Dialogs.jQueryUI.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Dialogs.jQueryUI.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  

  
  
  
• Add HTML markup (a div-element that will display PDF document editor) to the web view:
  
  Here is HTML markup code:
  
  • HTML

  <h1 style="text-align: center">VintaSoft PDF Document Editor Demo (ASP.NET MVC5)</h1>
  
  <div id="pdfDocumentEditorContainer" style="height: 800px"></div>
  

  
  
  
• Add JavaScript code that initializes and creates PDF document editor:
  
  Here is JavaScript code that initializes and creates PDF document editor:
  
  • JavaScript

  
  @{
      Layout = null;
  }
  
  <!DOCTYPE html>
  
  <html>
  <head>
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
      <title>VintaSoft PDF Document Editor Demo (ASP.NET MVC)</title>
  
      <style>
          * {
              -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
              box-sizing: border-box;
              border-collapse: collapse;
          }
      </style>
  
      <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="~/Scripts/jquery-ui-css/jquery-ui.min.css">
      <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Imaging.css">
      <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.css">
  
      <script src="~/Scripts/jquery-3.3.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
      <script src="~/Scripts/jquery-ui.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  
      <script src="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Shared.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
      <script src="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Imaging.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
      <script src="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Imaging.Dialogs.jQueryUI.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
      <script src="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
      <script src="~/Scripts/Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Dialogs.jQueryUI.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
      <h1 style="text-align: center">VintaSoft PDF Document Editor Demo (ASP.NET MVC5)</h1>
  
      <div id="pdfDocumentEditorContainer" style="height: 800px"></div>
  
      <script type="text/javascript">
          // set the session identifier
          Vintasoft.Shared.WebImagingEnviromentJS.set_SessionId("SessionID");
  
          // specify web services, which should be used by Vintasoft Web PDF Document Editor
          Vintasoft.Shared.WebServiceJS.defaultFileService =
              new Vintasoft.Shared.WebServiceControllerJS("vintasoft/api/MyVintasoftFileApi");
          Vintasoft.Shared.WebServiceJS.defaultImageCollectionService =
              new Vintasoft.Shared.WebServiceControllerJS("vintasoft/api/MyVintasoftImageCollectionApi");
          Vintasoft.Shared.WebServiceJS.defaultImageService =
              new Vintasoft.Shared.WebServiceControllerJS("vintasoft/api/MyVintasoftImageApi");
          Vintasoft.Shared.WebServiceJS.defaultPdfService =
              new Vintasoft.Shared.WebServiceControllerJS("vintasoft/api/MyVintasoftPdfApi");
  
          // create settings for PDF document editor
          var pdfDocumentEditorSettings =
              new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.UI.WebPdfDocumentEditorControlSettingsJS("pdfDocumentEditorContainer");
  
          // create the PDF document editor
          var pdfDocumentEditor = new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.UI.WebPdfDocumentEditorControlJS(pdfDocumentEditorSettings);
  
          // open file from session folder and add images from file to the image viewer
          pdfDocumentEditor.openFile("VintasoftImagingDemo.pdf");
      </script>
  </body>
  </html>
  
  

Run the ASP.NET MVC5 application and see the result.