Accurate and timely detecting if Acrobat Reader is installed

[davidangell]

I tried doing the Registry search for .pdf, as expected it didn’t work properly on Windows 2000.

I tried the search for the executable program. It worked, but it took over 3 minutes when tested on my own system. I don't want to narrow the search to less than the full system. If I have gotten to this point, I have to allow for someone having installed Acrobat to someplace besides the default.

Searching through the support forum, the discussions were left open without a solution that would work on all operating systems (clean install of Windows 2000 includes the key without the program being installed).

Is there a sure test for Acrobat that works on all operating systems, that does not include doing a file search on the entire drive?

[tbybee]

Re: Accurate and timely detecting if Acrobat Reader is installed

I have run at least a dozen different AMS created app's that searches for a valid pdf viewer and have never had any problems. I test them on Win 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP. What registry settings are you checking??

Tony

[Derek]

Re: Accurate and timely detecting if Acrobat Reader is installed

Yep, use File.GetDefaultViewer - it should work without a problem.

[davidangell]

Re: Accurate and timely detecting if Acrobat Reader is installed

Sometimes it is just knowing what options are out there, I didn't even see the Get Default Viewer command. Works great, combined with Get Information Version I have a quick test for everything I need. THANKS!