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Open PDF while running Unity application
Good evening,
Recently I was trying to create an app in Unity where with a button I could open an image or a pdf while the app remains open and running. I thought that maybe if I defined several 2D Empty Objects (as Images, Raw Images...) the app would still run while doing this.
I tried to open a pdf file with the Hololens emulator and, although it opened the pdf with the Microsoft Edge, the app stopped running. To open the pdf file I manage to used the WWW class.
I was wondering if there is a way that I could open the pdf file and it doesn't break the entire process of the app, something like a pop-up link. If there is no way to do this, how did you manage (how do you think is possible) to open a pdf while running an app?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Best Regards
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mark_grossnickle
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We use Paroxe's PDF renderer to pop open a window in our app and display the pdf within it:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/gui/pdf-renderer-32815Taqtile
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We use Paroxe's PDF renderer to pop open a window in our app and display the pdf within it:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/gui/pdf-renderer-32815
Taqtile
Hello mark_grossnickle,
We concluded that the best option was acquire the Paroxe's PDF Renderer as you mentioned in the discussion. However, we're currently facing som issues when we try to scroll down and select the pdf with the hololens.
I created another discussion here:
https://forums.hololens.com/discussion/10888/scroll-down-more-pdf-renderer-paroxe#latest
As you seem to have experience with this asset, I though you may know why this is going wrong or what's happening
Thanks a lot for your help!!