is adobe acrobat sdk library useful to render pdf's in custom application?

I would like to ask if the acrobat sdk allows me to create an application tha开发者_JS百科t is able to render a pdf document from inside my application, that is, without the user having to open the adobe application along, but just having to have it installed on the system. thanks

No, the Acrobat SDK is for use with Acrobat, as its name implies. What you need is the Adobe PDF Library (APDFL), which is sold and supported by Datalogics. There are also a number of other third party PDF SDKs, some of which are quite good and almost all are far less expensive. If you haven't already made a decision, I highly recommend you investigate them.

Yes

From What is the Acrobat Software Developer Kit? | Adobe Developer Connection:

You can also use IAC support to render a PDF file into an external application window instead of the Acrobat window.

So, you can render a PDF using the Acrobat SDK in a custom application without the user needing to open Acrobat but it does need to be installed on the system running the custom application.

Alternatives

The Adobe PDF Library is an alternative means of rendering PDFs in a custom application and with it you could do so without needing to install Acrobat on the computer running the custom application. But it's expensive, e.g. thousands of dollars (per year?). And it's print output doesn't exactly match Acrobat [emphasis mine]:

Improved print output to bring it closer to Acrobat

There are also many many other PDF libraries with which you could render a PDF in a custom application.