Using Acrobat from CD only

[Bruce]

I know how to access PDFs from a List Box using the Acrobat.exe that’s on the CD (thanks Derek) but how do we access a single PDF file within a folder using the .exe on the CD by the press of a button (no List Box)?

[Derek]

Re: Using Acrobat from CD only

File.Execute

Have the address of the file to execute as the AcroRd.exe and the command line arg as the pdf file.

Don't forget to include "" round the address if it has spaces

[Bruce]

Re: Using Acrobat from CD only

It should be easy! This is what I have, it can't find the .pdf.

<IR_ACTIONS_LIST>
<Action name="Execute">
<Type>8</Type>
<Function>0</Function>
<DTIndentLevel>0</DTIndentLevel>
<Enabled>1</Enabled>
<ErrorHandling>
<UserNotificationMode>2</UserNotificationMode>
<CustomErrorMessage/>
<OnErrorAction>0</OnErrorAction>
<JumpToLabel/>
</ErrorHandling>
<FileName>%SrcDir%\Acrobat\AcroRd32.exe</FileName>
<CommandLine>"Catalog\catalog.pdf"</CommandLine>
<WorkingDir/>
<RunMode>0</RunMode>
<WaitForReturn>0</WaitForReturn>
</Action>
</IR_ACTIONS_LIST>

[Lorne]

Re: Using Acrobat from CD only

Give it the full path in the command line. Alternatively, setting the working dir to the appropriate path might work.

[Bruce]

Re: Using Acrobat from CD only

If I'm doing this right it's not working.

<IR_ACTIONS_LIST>
<Action name="Execute">
<Type>8</Type>
<Function>0</Function>
<DTIndentLevel>0</DTIndentLevel>
<Enabled>1</Enabled>
<ErrorHandling>
<UserNotificationMode>2</UserNotificationMode>
<CustomErrorMessage/>
<OnErrorAction>0</OnErrorAction>
<JumpToLabel/>
</ErrorHandling>
<FileName>%SrcDir%\Acrobat\AcroRd32.exe</FileName>
<CommandLine>"%SrcDir%\Catalog\catalog.pdf"</CommandLine>
<WorkingDir>"%SrcDir%</WorkingDir>
<RunMode>0</RunMode>
<WaitForReturn>0</WaitForReturn>
</Action>
</IR_ACTIONS_LIST>

[Bruce]

Re: Using Acrobat from CD only

Got it! Here it is.

<IR_ACTIONS_LIST>
<Action name="Execute">
<Type>8</Type>
<Function>0</Function>
<DTIndentLevel>0</DTIndentLevel>
<Enabled>1</Enabled>
<ErrorHandling>
<UserNotificationMode>2</UserNotificationMode>
<CustomErrorMessage/>
<OnErrorAction>0</OnErrorAction>
<JumpToLabel/>
</ErrorHandling>
<FileName>%SrcDir%\Acrobat\AcroRd32.exe</FileName>
<CommandLine>"%SrcDir%\catalog\catalog.pdf"</CommandLine>
<WorkingDir/>
<RunMode>0</RunMode>
<WaitForReturn>0</WaitForReturn>
</Action>
</IR_ACTIONS_LIST>

Thanks for your help Lorne. Remember people... case SEnSiTIvE

[Lorne]

Re: Using Acrobat from CD only

Windows isn't case-sensitive at all, so that wasn't it. Your problem was that you had only one quotation mark in the Working directory field:

"%SrcDir%

...was obviously missing a second quote (").

You fixed that by deleting everything in the Working directory field...the fact that you changed "Catalog" to "catalog" is inconsequential.

[Bruce]

Re: Using Acrobat from CD only

oh... Thank you! Someday I'll get this all figured out! LOL