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Run Adobe Acrobat from within VB.Net app

Author
25 Sep 2006 12:54 PM
Christie
I have a pdf file that I want to use as part of the help system for my
app...when the user clicks the toolstripbutton, Adobe Acrobat should
fire up displaying the relevant article...how would one go about doing
this...

I am using Visual Studio 2005(VB.Net).

Thanks

Author
25 Sep 2006 1:19 PM
Terry Olsen
Look at System.Diagnostics.Process

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"Christie" <c.mybu***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have a pdf file that I want to use as part of the help system for my
> app...when the user clicks the toolstripbutton, Adobe Acrobat should
> fire up displaying the relevant article...how would one go about doing
> this...
>
> I am using Visual Studio 2005(VB.Net).
>
> Thanks
>
Author
25 Sep 2006 1:20 PM
Chris Dunaway
Christie wrote:
> I have a pdf file that I want to use as part of the help system for my
> app...when the user clicks the toolstripbutton, Adobe Acrobat should
> fire up displaying the relevant article...how would one go about doing
> this...
>
> I am using Visual Studio 2005(VB.Net).
>
> Thanks

A quick google search would have yielded this:

How about System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("filename.pdf")
Author
25 Sep 2006 1:30 PM
Christie
Chris Dunaway wrote:
> Christie wrote:
> > I have a pdf file that I want to use as part of the help system for my
> > app...when the user clicks the toolstripbutton, Adobe Acrobat should
> > fire up displaying the relevant article...how would one go about doing
> > this...
> >
> > I am using Visual Studio 2005(VB.Net).
> >
> > Thanks
>
> A quick google search would have yielded this:
>
> How about System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("filename.pdf")

Thanks...it worked very well