Francis,
Thanks so much for your suggestions! I will take a look at SKIM.
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On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:11 PM, Charles Szasz csz...@me.com wrote:
I tried that script earlier (without the script for Ok button) before I
posted a message for help. It did not work. I
I use that for every error- check that shouldn't happen. I have a panic
function for it, and the choices
Hi Charles,
I use a PDF in my app for a manual.
In windows, at least, if you launch the PDF document and the user has Adobe
Reader installed, then it is the default program for a PDF file and will
automatically launch it. I don't know how it works on a Mac.
Larry
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Larry,
How did you script this for windows?
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Hi Charles,
I used the following:
launch document myHelp.pdf
if the result empty then
answer the result with OK
end if
With the launch document command, the result will be empty unless an error
occurred. If no error occurs, the default program will launch the document.
So I added the if
Larry,
I tried that script earlier (without the script for Ok button) before I posted
a message for help. It did not work. In the standalone settings, I added the
PDF Manual as a file to my settings. I will go back and see why it did not
work.
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Hi Charles,
I don't know if it makes a difference, but I have the PDF file in a folder
myData which I set as the default folder when I start up my app.
So LC goes to that default folder to launch the document and uses the
default Windows program to do so.
Good luck!
Larry
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