Re: Launching Adobe Reader
From: Max Jagger (GrantD_at_techemail.com)
Date: 12/05/04
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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 16:00:38 -0700
I had another method that uses a registry key
(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Adobe\Acrobat\Exe)to give me the name of the
Adobe Reader executable, but since it may change in a future version, I will
use your proposal ("open" command with the PDF file as the file to execute).
Thanks for your input.
Max Jagger
"JohnE" <johne@legalizespamkillers.com> wrote in message
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> >I would do that, but I have a concern. What if the "open" command for
> >PDF files opens the PDF with some other program instead of Adobe Reader?
> >Is this a reasonable concern?
>
> I don't think so. If Windows has another app registered to open PDF, then
> it should be able to handle opening and viewing the PDF. I think the
> concern with your method would be the overhead of trying to figure out
> where Adobe resides on each machine etc... a concern which is handled
> seamlessly with the method I've proposed.
>
> John
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