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aldavhu221
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 Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:51 am Post subject: Calling Acrobat to display a PDF |
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My Fortran program runs in a CMD window and produces a PDF report.
Currently I give the user the PDF filename and leave it there.
Does anyone know a way of calling ACRORD32.EXE to display the resultant PDF in a regular PC window just before my program terminates?
Can anyone suggest a better way? |
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PaulLaidler
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| Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| You might try START_PROCESS@ or START_PPROCESS@. Another possibility is CISSUE@. See FTN95.chm or the online Silverfrost help for details. |
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IanLambley
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| Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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Try
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CALL USE_URL@('Myfile.pdf')
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wahorger
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| Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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I use START_PPROCESS@ to display the PDF I create for the user. This way, the program can continue while the PDF is being loaded and displayed.
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PPNAME = TRIM(OPENED_FILENAME(I))//'.PDF'
return_val = start_pprocess@('explore',TRIM(PPNAME))
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I call EXPLORE to insure that if the PATH has been mucked with, it will still open the file using the assigned application. It was a bit of a surprise that I needed to do it this way, but then, isn't all of Windows an adventure?
This works for any file for which there is a registered application and OPEN defined. In addition, you can replace "explore" with a specific application if you chose (or need to because of conflicts in the default application).
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PaulLaidler
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| Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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You can put the file in the local folder on somewhere on the PATH environment variable.
If it is on the PATH then there is a Window API for this called SearchPath.
You can find its signature in WIN32API.INS. |
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aldavhu221
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for your help.
Bill's suggestion worked fine but one small point: it should be 'explorer' not 'explore'. |
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