This video should walk you through how to upgrade from earlier versions of WebViewer, before the npm package was available: How to upgrade PDFTron's WebViewer from version 6.x to 8.x - YouTube.
Few things to watch out for, version 7 made all page APIs 1-indexed, and version 8 made changes to documentViewer and annotationManager which are now available from instance.Core.
Migration guides:
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Guides:Great tutorial! Thank you! I unfortunately keep getting this error,
webviewer.min.js:1 Viewer is on a different domain, the promise from WebViewer function is rejected and API functions will not work because of cross domain permissions.
I am updating from 7.x to 8.x
Thank you!
It looks like you are placing lib assets in a different location than WebViewer itself.
Where is your core and ui are located? Is it React/Angular/Vue app?
The webviewer is being created under a “Scripts” folder. The lib assets are in a lib folder. Both are folders live at the root of the project.
Hello DanteDee,
Are you using AWS or what is your deployment method? This sounds like a cors issue.
Best Regards,
Ahmad Moaaz
Software Developer
PDFTron Systems, Inc.
www.pdftron.com
I believe this is an AWS yes. Ever since updating to the new version and following the steps, I have been experiencing this issue.
The lib folder needs to be served as a static asset. For example in React app, it is the public folder. If you still need to proceed hosting them elsewhere, you can refer to this guide: PDFTron.