C# vNext Features with Status
This page contains the list of features the C# team is currently working on and their progress status.
When a feature status is "Merged" this means that the work to implement the feature is complete and available in the next preview version. 

Learn how to integrate the CefSharp open-source web browser into a C# WinForms app 

.NET 8 Preview 1 is now available! This is the first preview of the next major version of .NET, which will include the next wave of innovations for web development with ASP.NET Core.

In .NET 8 we plan to make broad investments across ASP.NET Core. Below are some of the areas we plan to focus on: 

React Hook Form
Performant, flexible and extensible forms with easy-to-use validation. 

Here’s a summary of what’s new in this preview release:

• Improved ASP.NET Core debugging experience
• Servers & middleware
  • IHttpSysRequestTimingFeature
  • SNI hostname in ITlsHandshakeFeature
  • IExceptionHandler
• Blazor
  • New Blazor Web App project template
  • Blazor router integration with endpoint routing
  • Enable interactivity for individual components with Blazor Server
  • Improved packaging of Webcil files
  • Blazor Content Security Policy (CSP) compatibility
• API authoring
  • Support for generic attributes
• SignalR
  • SignalR seamless reconnect
• Native AOT
  • Support for AsParameters and automatic metadata generation in compile-timed generated minimal APIs
• Authentication and authorization
  • Authentication updates in ASP.NET Core SPA templates
  • New analyzer for recommended AuthorizationBuilder usage
   

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace BlazorWasmShowBinaryFiles.Server.Controllers
{
    [ApiController]
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    public class ReportsController : ControllerBase
    {
        [HttpGet("[action]")]
        public IActionResult GetPdfReport()
        {
            //TODO: create the `sample.pdf` report file on the server

            return File(virtualPath: "~/app_data/sample.pdf",
                        contentType: "application/pdf",
                        fileDownloadName: "sample.pdf");
        }
    }
}

window.JsBinaryFilesUtils = {
  createBlobUrl: function (byteArray, contentType) {
    // The byte array in .NET is encoded to base64 string when it passes to JavaScript.
    const numArray = atob(byteArray)
      .split("")
      .map((c) => c.charCodeAt(0));
    const uint8Array = new Uint8Array(numArray);
    const blob = new Blob([uint8Array], { type: contentType });
    return URL.createObjectURL(blob);
  },
  downloadFromUrl: function (fileName, url) {
    const anchor = document.createElement("a");
    anchor.style.display = "none";
    anchor.href = url;
    anchor.download = fileName;
    document.body.appendChild(anchor);
    anchor.click();
    document.body.removeChild(anchor);
  },
  downloadBlazorByteArray: function (fileName, byteArray, contentType) {
    const blobUrl = this.createBlobUrl(byteArray, contentType);
    this.downloadFromUrl(fileName, blobUrl);
    URL.revokeObjectURL(blobUrl);
  },
  printFromUrl: function (url) {
    const iframe = document.createElement("iframe");
    iframe.style.display = "none";
    iframe.src = url;
    document.body.appendChild(iframe);
    if (iframe.contentWindow) {
      iframe.contentWindow.print();
    }
  },
  printBlazorByteArray: function (byteArray, contentType) {
    const blobUrl = this.createBlobUrl(byteArray, contentType);
    this.printFromUrl(blobUrl);
    URL.revokeObjectURL(blobUrl);
  },
  showUrlInNewTab: function (url) {
    window.open(url);
  },
  showBlazorByteArrayInNewTab: function (byteArray, contentType) {
    const blobUrl = this.createBlobUrl(byteArray, contentType);
    this.showUrlInNewTab(blobUrl);
    URL.revokeObjectURL(blobUrl);
  },
};

using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.JSInterop;

namespace BlazorWasmShowBinaryFiles.Client.Utils
{
    public static class JsBinaryFilesUtils
    {
        public static ValueTask<string> CreateBlobUrlAsync(
            this IJSRuntime JSRuntime,
            byte[] byteArray, string contentType)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeAsync<string>("JsBinaryFilesUtils.createBlobUrl", byteArray, contentType);
        }

        public static ValueTask DownloadFromUrlAsync(this IJSRuntime JSRuntime, string fileName, string url)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.downloadFromUrl", fileName, url);
        }

        public static ValueTask DownloadBlazorByteArrayAsync(
            this IJSRuntime JSRuntime,
            string fileName, byte[] byteArray, string contentType)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.downloadBlazorByteArray",
                    fileName, byteArray, contentType);
        }

        public static ValueTask PrintFromUrlAsync(this IJSRuntime JSRuntime, string url)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.printFromUrl", url);
        }

        public static ValueTask PrintBlazorByteArrayAsync(
            this IJSRuntime JSRuntime,
            byte[] byteArray, string contentType)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.printBlazorByteArray", byteArray, contentType);
        }

        public static ValueTask ShowUrlInNewTabAsync(this IJSRuntime JSRuntime, string url)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.showUrlInNewTab", url);
        }

        public static ValueTask ShowBlazorByteArrayInNewTabAsync(
            this IJSRuntime JSRuntime,
            byte[] byteArray, string contentType)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.showBlazorByteArrayInNewTab", byteArray, contentType);
        }
    }
}

img-src 'self' data: blob:
default-src 'self' blob:
object-src 'self' blob:

@page "/"

@using BlazorWasmShowBinaryFiles.Client.Utils

@inject IJSRuntime JSRuntime
@inject HttpClient HttpClient

<h1>Display PDF Files</h1>
<button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="handlePrintPdf">Print PDF</button>
<button class="btn btn-primary ml-2" @onclick="handleShowPdf">Show PDF</button>
<button class="btn btn-success ml-2" @onclick="handleDownloadPdf">Download PDF</button>

@if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(PdfBlobUrl))
{
    <section class="card mb-5 mt-3">
        <div class="card-header">
            <h4>using iframe</h4>
        </div>
        <div class="card-body">
            <iframe title="PDF Report" width="100%" height="600" src="@PdfBlobUrl" type="@PdfContentType"></iframe>
        </div>
    </section>

    <section class="card mb-5">
        <div class="card-header">
            <h4>using object</h4>
        </div>
        <div class="card-body">
            <object data="@PdfBlobUrl" aria-label="PDF Report" type="@PdfContentType" width="100%" height="100%"></object>
        </div>
    </section>

    <section class="card mb-5">
        <div class="card-header">
            <h4>using embed</h4>
        </div>
        <div class="card-body">
            <embed aria-label="PDF Report" src="@PdfBlobUrl" type="@PdfContentType" width="100%" height="100%">
        </div>
    </section>
}

@code
{
    private const string ReportUrl = "/api/Reports/GetPdfReport";
    private const string PdfContentType = "application/pdf";

    private string PdfBlobUrl;

    private async Task handlePrintPdf()
    {
        // Note: Using the `HttpClient` is useful for accessing the protected API's by JWT's (non cookie-based authorization).
        // Otherwise just use the `PrintFromUrlAsync` method.
        var byteArray = await HttpClient.GetByteArrayAsync(ReportUrl);
        await JSRuntime.PrintBlazorByteArrayAsync(byteArray, PdfContentType);
    }

    private async Task handleDownloadPdf()
    {
        // Note: Using the `HttpClient` is useful for accessing the protected API's by JWT's (non cookie-based authorization).
        // Otherwise just use the `DownloadFromUrlAsync` method.
        var byteArray = await HttpClient.GetByteArrayAsync(ReportUrl);
        await JSRuntime.DownloadBlazorByteArrayAsync("report.pdf", byteArray, PdfContentType);
    }

    private async Task handleShowPdf()
    {
        // Note: Using the `HttpClient` is useful for accessing the protected API's by JWT's (non cookie-based authorization).
        // Otherwise just use the `ReportUrl` as the `src` of the `iframe` directly.
        var byteArray = await HttpClient.GetByteArrayAsync(ReportUrl);
        PdfBlobUrl = await JSRuntime.CreateBlobUrlAsync(byteArray, PdfContentType);
    }

    // Tips:
    // 1- How do I enable/disable the built-in pdf viewer of FireFox
    // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-built-pdf-viewer-and-use-another-viewer
    // 2- How to configure browsers to use the Adobe PDF plug-in to open PDF files
    // https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/pdf-browser-plugin-configuration.html
    // https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/display-pdf-in-browser.html
    // 3- Microsoft Edge is gaining new PDF reader features within the Windows 10 Fall Creator’s Update (version 1709).
}