Re: Northwind Employee Form and PDFs

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I think you could insert the MS Browser control and display the PDF's within
the control providing you can currently view PDF docs within Internet
Explorer.

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Stephen Lebans
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"WayneS" <WayneS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:D82679B1-6CA5-4A6D-A669-D8931BF56E93@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks Ron,
>
> I would be happy to display the PDF outside MS Access. I will try this.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Wayne
>
>
> "Ron Weiner" wrote:
>
>> PDF files internally are not anything like most bitmap files, and so
>> therefore you will not be able to use an Access image control to display
>> them. In a previous project I was able to display a PDF inside Access
>> directly on a form, BUT my solution required that a FULL version of Adobe
>> PDF (not just the free reader) be installed on the machine. If this
>> hurdle
>> is not to high I would be happy to share the technique and the code I
>> used.
>>
>> Most people are happy to be able to display the PDF OUTSIDE of the Access
>> application. This is usually accomplished using either the ShellExecute
>> API
>> or Access FollowHyperlink.
>>
>> --
>> Ron W
>> www.WorksRite.com
>> "WayneS" <WayneS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:91E63779-6416-473F-8200-A4E6BF8126A5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > MS Access 2003
>> >
>> > Can I display a set of PDF files instead of bitmap files in the
>> > Northwind
>> > Employee form?
>> >
>> > Here is what I have so far.
>> >
>> > I modified the getFileName routine to add pdf files to the list that is
>> > displayed. I added this line to getFileName: .Filters.Add "PDFs",
>> "*.pdf"
>> > This appears to work as the names of the pdf files are displayed in my
>> > 'Select Report' window.
>> >
>> > The Control Source of the Text Box named 'ImagePath' is 'PDFImage'.
>> > PDFImage is a field in my table that corresponds to the 'Photo' field
>> > in
>> > Northwind. The field contains the path and name of the pdf file I want
>> > to
>> > display.
>> >
>> > I referenced the Microsoft Office 11.0 Object Library.
>> >
>> > No errors are thrown but the PDF file is not displayed in my image
>> > object
>> > named 'ImageFrame'.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Wayne
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>


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