Showing page of pdf file?

Brian van der Beek

I need to be able to open a .pdf file (by launching acrobat reader or writer) and show a specific page. This should be a simple thing, but I googled the whole freaking internet + news groups and could not find any usefull information. :sigh: It seems the only way to find out how to do this is to buy the adobe SDK, but I don't have the funds to do that. Besides, I don't want to incorporate the whole freaking reader in my own application, I just want to open a file on a certain page! :mad: So is there anyone out there that can solve my problems and frustrations ?

J Dunlap

Use ShellExecute[^]. You will, of course, have to have Acrobat Reader installed on any PC that it runs on.

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Brian van der Beek

jdunlap wrote: Use ShellExecute[^]. You will, of course, have to have Acrobat Reader installed on any PC that it runs on. I thought about that, but then I still can only open the document, and not display a specific page of that document.

J Dunlap

:doh: Should have paid closer attention to what you said in your post! I wonder if there's a command line option that will let you specify the page.

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Bernhard

i always thought that the Adobe Reader installs an ActiveX Control. With this this should be possible. (the only thing.. you have to make a dialog with the Control on it)

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Brian van der Beek

I've read that you can use an ActiveX control, but this control seems to be very poorly documented. Besides, this is not really what I want, I just want to launch the acrobat reader or writer. Thanx anyway.

Bernhard

[RANT] it is documented like 99.9% of all the ActiveX Controls.. NOT AT ALL [/RANT] and i've quickly watched the functions of the interfaces.. it doesn't look like it has a "goto page" - function.. but you can call the "goto next page" function in a loop ;) yaya.. the joys of programming

"I'm from the South Bronx, and I don't care what you say: those cows look dangerous."
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell at George Bush's ranch in Texas