Open .pdf File from Visual Basic

[squirrelly1]

How can i have my program open a .pdf file? The user should already have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on their machines...

Also, are there any free (or reallly cheap) pluggins to allow my program to open a .pdf file without having to open the external program?

thank you again for your hlep

squirrelly1

[techgnome]

Use ShellExecute, giving it the path & filename to the PDF ..... that will cause what ever default app they have for PDF file to lauch and open it.

[Wokawidget]

You could try opening it in the OLE object in the toolbar...
Although not sure if it will work

Is there no control in Project - Components list?

Woka

[Wokawidget]

Acyially you could open Acrobat, using the shell command, then using the SetParent API command you could "insert" the WHOLE PDF Acrobat App inside a picture box...

Do a search for Setparent on here...there are loads of examples...

Woka

[squirrelly1]

Should'nt this work???

Shell (App.Path & "\pdf\" & list.Text & ".pdf")

i get an "Invalid procedure call or argument" error...

ty,
squirrelly1

[VB4fun]

woka said:

You could try opening it in the OLE object in the toolbar...... Is there no control in Project - Components list?

Project-Components, Do you have Acrobat Control for ActiveX..?

if so, I create a form (frmPDF) create the oject (Pdf1) and set the source (src):
frmPdf.Pdf1.src = App.Path & "\Filename.pdf"

works all the time for me..

[jewel]

if you have the Adobe Acrobat 5.0 installed, try to look for the activex in your [Program Files]/Adobe/Acrobat 5.0/Acrobat/ActiveX -

Try to check if the Adobe Reader also includes the .ocx file in its destination folder.