Opening PDF with VBScript

[SWK]

Hello folks!
Is there any way to open PDF files using VBScript?

thanks

[Tom Lavedas]

In what context? A web application or a stand alone (*.vbs) script or
???

When the Adobe Reader is installed on a machine, there is a registered
ActiveX object available (though Adobe does not support it for user
scripts, AFAIK). Michael Harris advised several weeks ago that this
object requires a host container, like IE, to function. He gave this
example of printing a PDF document ...

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The Acrobat Reader has to be hosted in a container window like a VB form
or an IE window...

set ie = createobject("internetexplorer.application")
ie.navigate "about:blank"
do until ie.readystate = 4 : wscript.sleep 10 : loop
set doc = ie.document
set pdf = doc.createElement(_
"<object id='pdf' " _
& " classid='clsid:CA8A9780-280D-11CF-A24D-444553540000'>")
doc.body.appendChild(pdf)
do until ie.readystate = 4 : wscript.sleep 10 : loop
pdf.src = "C:\your path\your.pdf"
pdf.PrintAll
do until ie.readystate = 4 : wscript.sleep 10 : loop

--
Michael Harris
Microsoft.MVP.Scripting
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The essence of this approach can be used to create an instance of the
PDF object for use in a web application, though I haven't played with
it yet. A good object viewer would give you some insight into the
properties and methods available.

I have also used the Wscript.Shell Run method to simply START a PDF
document in order to 'open' it with a stand alone script, something like
this ...

CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run "start " & sPathspecToPDF

But, started this way the script has no control (unless you call
throwing keystrokes at it via Sendkeys control).

Tom Lavedas
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http://www.pressroom.com/~tglbatch/

[Jonathan Shay]

Assuming the acrobat writer is installed, the following code should work:

Set ox = wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ox.Run ("fullpathtofile.pdf")

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[sk]

Hello folks,
I am trying to open pdf inside of IE and Nav using VBScript. has anyone used
Acrobat reader active x before?

thanks
sk

.

[Jason Wilson]

Is all that really necessary. If the PDF plug-in is installed can't
you just create an IE object and navigate to the PDF?

Jason

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