by MJK on December 10, 2010
When a Windows Phone 7 developer wants to display HTML in an application, the best and fastest way to do this is use a Web Browser control – this is done by calling the NavigateToString method. This method passes on the HTML to be displayed in the app. However, when an MVVM pattern is involved using this method raises several issues. The best alternative is such cases is to make use a of a ‘bindable property’ (which in turn binds the HTML to the previously mentioned Web Browser control). [click to continue…]
ViewDocsOnline is a new website that can solve your problem of carrying essential software’s with you to read different types of files. With ViewDocsOnline, you only need an active internet connection and nothing else. You can use this website to read any type of file. It supports Microsoft Office(doc, docx, ppt, pptx, pps, xls, xlsx), PDF(pdf, ps), Open Office(odt, odp, sxw, sxi, etc), or Text(txt, rtf) documents.
The website is designed to keep it simple for the users. There is a main page where you can find a link to upload the file/document that you want to read or view and there is also a separate tab in case your file lies somewhere online. You can give the link url for the file to the ViewDocsOnline and it will open them up for you without the hassle of installing all the necessary softwares.
Below is the screen shot of the file that i just opened with the ViewDocsOnline.
Ahh the world is becoming so simple now… I wonder why things were so messed up when we were young and had to install MS Office just to view a two pager document.
