Hi Peter, > I'm trying to get my Rev app to open Acrobat Reader on both Win and > Mac. In both cases I want it to open Acrobat reader if it's not > already running, otherwise to use the currently running application > (default behaviour for Mac apps, but not for Win apps). My questions > are: > > 1) how do I open Acrobat Reader under Windows, only when necessary for > a given PDF file? If I query the registry and then use the launch > command, this will open a fresh copy of Acrobat Reader for every file I > try to open I think, instead of re-using any currently open copy of the > Reader!
Sorry, dunno... But this has been on the list some time ago. you could find it in the archives... > > 2) how do I get the path to Acrobat Reader on the Mac into a Rev > variable so I can use the "launch" command? (more generally, how do I > get results back from an AppleScript script?) > > I have been using the Externals Collection but I'm hitting a brick wall > with this, especially since it doesn't work under Mac OS X! I'm trying > to find another way that avoids the need to use the Externals. > > Cheers > > Peter > -- Peter Reid Did you check the new (!) and free externals for Mac (AND OS X) on the RR website. They do exactly what you are looking for... :-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
