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  1. May 22nd, 2001, 05:33 PM #1
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    Question Pls ..help...PDF file opening in VB

    I have a .PDF (Acrobat) file and would like to open it using Visual Basic. Is it possible .

    Can someone point me in right direction please.

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  2. May 22nd, 2001, 05:37 PM #2
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    Click Project menu, components
    Select acrobot control and OK.
    Draw it out on screen.
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    Pdf1.LoadFile (Path)
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    The only thing I can think of is using Shell or one of its API equivalents to launch Acrobat Reader with the PDF filename as the argument. Adobe is pretty tight-lipped with the PDF format (it costs a bundle to get a program that creates them), so I don't think there are any PDF-related controls for VB. Even if there are, they'd probably be pretty pricey.
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    Oh wow...while I was posting my thoughts I was proven wrong
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  6. May 22nd, 2001, 09:10 PM #5
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    Question Thanks lord_dude..but..

    Lord_dude,

    I am able to load the PDF file into the Acrobat activex control.

    But can copy the content of the PDF file into an ASCII file? I need to take the content put into an ASCII file and manipulate that content. PDF is a binary file I don't if I can copy the content of a binary file into and ASCII file or into an Access database.

    Pls suggest me..

    Thank you
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  7. May 23rd, 2001, 02:13 PM #6
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    Originally posted by csammis
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    bnath001

    Not really sure how to do this. The only way i can think of would be to open the pdf in adobe acrobat reader, then pass in the keys ctrl a (select all) followed by ctrl c (copy) and then save whats in the clipboard into file. There might b a much easier way of doing it but i have never really used the pdf control so i dont know much about it.
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