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open a PDF file in visual basic

Mar 5th, 2007

hi all! would just like to seek assistance... i am trying to open a pdf file in visual basic. if im trying to put it in as OLE it would only work if i have set the source file in the properties box. but if i put the source file in codes using app.path, it won't open. please help... thanks so much!

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Re: open a PDF file in visual basic

Mar 5th, 2007

Hi ,

I am not sure whether you like to open within a form or outside the vb app. If you like to open the pdf inside the form you can place a web browser control inside the form and use the url as "c:\...\file.pdf".

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Marikanna Narayanan

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Re: open a PDF file in visual basic

Mar 5th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Marikanna

Hi ,

I am not sure whether you like to open within a form or outside the vb app. If you like to open the pdf inside the form you can place a web browser control inside the form and use the url as "c:\...\file.pdf".

Regards
Marikanna Narayanan

i am trying to open the pdf file in the command button of the form... i dunno if there is another way to open it aside from OLE control. thanks so much!