What control needed for Document viewer

I am rather new to C# and have successfully done what you are trying to do, using the picturebox control.

You just have to feed the picturebox with a string variable that contains the file name:

pictureBox1.Image = Image.FromFile(myfilename);

where you first set the string myfilename to something. For example, to the file that was selected from a list box.

Thankyou. i did try to use PictureBox control but the only way i could display the image or text is typing pic ShowPicture.Image = Image.FromFile("c:\\doucument\temp1"); I want to display unspecified file depending on what is selected from the listbox -listbox contains the name of the files in a specific directory on the hardrive "c:\\document"\\*.tiff.

I now know what other document viewer  use to display document its the MicroSoft Office Document imaging Application.. another words MODI.  I have embedded the MODI  Object Component to my Form by adding COM and chosed MODI.  How do I display image/ documents  clicked from selected file in the list box  onto  MODI (MicroSoft Office Document imaging)
Your help is appreciated
Many Thanks

Thankyou. i did try to use PictureBox control but the only way i could display the image or text is typing pic ShowPicture.Image = Image.FromFile("c:\\doucument\temp1"); I want to display unspecified file depending on what is selected from the listbox -listbox contains the name of the files in a specific directory on the hardrive "c:\\document"\\*.tiff.

Many Thanks

I think maybe you should use the picturebox control.

For some text or other formatted documents, you might need to convert the content of the files into a image and draw it onto the surface of a graphic. After that, it is the time to assign the graphic to the picturebox and display it there.

Hope this helps.

Have you tried the PictureBox control?