I want to enable my uers to view the pdf manual from within a fpw2.6
application. I have experiemented with RUN /N and provided I know where the
acrobat reader exe is stored everything works fine with RUN /N <path> exe
<filename>

However I know it will be a nightmare to try get them to navigate using e.g.
GETFILE() to find the acrobat reader - particularly as e.g. Program files
will show as PROGRA~1 etc.

Is there a way of either getting the acrobat reader to run automatically by
simply specifying 'MANUAL.PDF' from within fpw2.6 or is there a way of
interrogating Windows to discover if acrobat reader is installed, and if so
where?

Many thanks

Stephen Ibbs

Stephen,
In VFP this is trivial, but using FPW under a Win32 OS (98/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003) makes it very difficult. Have you considered updating the application to Visual FoxPro - a 32-bit developer tool?

Rick

"Stephen Ibbs" <stephen (AT) data-developments (DOT) co.uk> wrote

run start drive:\fullpath\filename.PDF
should do you, but you will have to use the 8.3 format for the
drive:\fullpath\filename.PDF

Hi Rick

Sorry for late reply - car totalled in an accident - she admitted liability
thank goodness, and then house struck by lightning and blew everything
electrical - definitely not my month!

We are migrating everything over to vfp and vpm but in the meantime ...

I will try the suggestion in the other reply, but it didn't seem to want to
work last time I tried it.

Sincerely

Stephen


"Rick Bean" <rgbean (AT) NOSPAMmelange-inc (DOT) com> wrote

Stephen,
In VFP this is trivial, but using FPW under a Win32 OS
(98/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003) makes it very difficult. Have you considered
updating the application to Visual FoxPro - a 32-bit developer tool?

Rick

"Stephen Ibbs" <stephen (AT) data-developments (DOT) co.uk> wrote

I will try this again but it didn't work alst time - maybe I got something
wrong in the 8:3 path.

Many thanks

Stephen

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