On 11/5/00 12:11 am, Leston Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A question for all of you MC-Mac gurus.
>
> What code would I use to launch Adobe Acrobat (or Reader) and open a
> specific PDF file (e.g., mypdfdoc.pdf) on the Mac? For the moment let's
> assume that Acrobat (or Reader) is installed on the user's system.
>
> Kevin posted this code to launch the web browser and open a doc:
> send "http://www.whatever.com/" to program "Finder" with "GURLGURL"
>
> Is there a similar send-to-Finder-with syntax that would work for Acrobat?
Not that I'm aware of: URL is a special one. I know that you can do this
with the open file function in the Externals Collection - not sure of any
built in way to do it.
Regards,
Kevin
> TIA
>
> Leston Drake
> LetterPress Software, Inc.
> http://www.lpsoftware.com
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