Welcome to PrizmDoc; let's get started! This topic walks you through the steps you need to get PrizmDoc installed, configured, and running. You will also be able to integrate a basic viewer into your web app.

It's important to understand the basic structure of PrizmDoc when it's embedded in your web app. PrizmDoc contains 3 essential pieces:

1. PrizmDoc Server - Self-Hosted or Accusoft Cloud-Hosted - the back-end conversion engine
2. PrizmDoc Application Services (PAS) - the connection point between the Viewer and the Server
3. PrizmDoc Viewer - the HTML viewer component

Example:

 

Key for diagram above:

• Gray = Your browser, website, and data
• Teal = PrizmDoc components

Step 1 - Set up a Back-end

In this step, select the back-end that makes the most sense for your needs. The easiest way to get up and running for an evaluation is to select the Accusoft Cloud-Hosted back-end. You can always start with Accusoft Cloud-Hosted for the evaluation and then move to Self-Hosted later. For more details in determining which hosting solution to use, refer to Server Hosting Options.

Accusoft Cloud-Hosted

• Get an Evaluation API Key

Self-Hosted

• Get an Evaluation License
• Install PrizmDoc Server (use the Server Installer) 
• Check the Back-end Server Health

Step 2 - Install Viewer Assets & PAS

This step covers installing the Viewer Assets and PrizmDoc Application Services (PAS). After you complete the installation, you need to verify that the Viewer is connected to the back-end.

Accusoft Cloud-Hosted   

• Install Viewer Assets & PAS
• Check the PAS Connection to Accusoft Cloud-Hosted Services

Self-Hosted   

• Install Viewer Assets & PAS
• Check the PAS Connection to your Back-end Server

Now, try out a sample:

• If you are on Windows, you can now run our sample .NET web application:

http://localhost:18000/PrizmDoc_HTML5_Viewer_NET_WEBFORMS/

• If you are Linux, you can use our PHP and JSP samples which you can optionally configure.

Step 3 - Integrate the Viewer with Your Application

The following sections help you create a Viewing Session, embed the Viewer, and integrate your web application with PAS:   

• How to Configure PAS in Your Server's Entry Point
• Create a Viewing Session
• Embed the Viewer
• Integrate your Web Application with PAS - This is for evaluation only.         
  • .NET WebForms
  • .NET MVC 5
  • PHP
  • JSP

Step 4 - Implement our Top Features

This section will help you implement our top features quickly based on your role:

• Developer
• Administrator

Resources

The following additional resources are available: 

• Online Code Examples
• Online API Code Examples
• Online Demos
• Online Videos

Support

• Troubleshooting
• FAQs
• Contact Support