RE: Shell a program and run a document

From: Synthanator (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/06/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 23:16:07 -0800

Hi Tom, not sure if this will help but if you don't have to use shell you could use:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Your.pdf")

And that will launch the pdf you specified in the default application (Adobe Acrobat Reader).

Regards, Synthanator
     
     ----- Tom McLaughlin wrote: -----
     
     I need to start Acrobat reader and load the file guide.pdf
     The following code will start the program but how do I get
     it to load my document guide.pdf?
     
     Shell("C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\AcRord32.exe ")
     
     The code above I spell out where Acrobat reader is, I there a way to find it
     and load my file from a application path?
     
     
     
     
     
     

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