how to open a software and operate on it?

[saadmechiche]

Hello ; i would like to know if it is possible with VB to open a software , and to make a search in it , or to do some operation .
i know it is possible to open a software , but to do operation on it , this si my question and thank you

[RobDog888]

You can run a third party program using the System.Diagnostics.Process.Start function. What type of control do you need to do to this program?

[saadmechiche]

ok , let's take an exemple , I want to open adobe reader then i open a PDF , an finally i search the word "hello"
I expect that if this task is possible , then i can do what ever i want
PS: can we do that with a macro
Thanks

[RobDog888]

Well you would Start the process on the pdf file as it will automatically open in Acrobat Reader. I do believe there are some arguments you can pass to Reader to have it search or go to a certain page upon opening. I think there may be some info on our forums on that if you do a search. If you dont find enough then there is always the adobe site.