[dba-Tech] Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0

Yup came across this the hard way too.

There are still bugs in 7.01, this code below will work in 6.0 to open 
zoomed pdf document and specific page
With 7.0 it won't open the document at all, Adobe page just flashes 
empty.  Code now works with 7.01
However opening a hyperlink locally with parameters like this worked 
with 6.0
"file:///C:\records management\aircanadacasestudy.pdf?zoom=25"
Doesn't work anymore it ignores the open parameters with 7.0 or 7.01
but will open the file properly to initial page.

It does work opening  file remotely with 7.01
"https://somesite.com/results.pdf?page=1000"


Sub RunAdobetest()
'for list of  pdf open options see
' http://partners.adobe.com/asn/acrobat/sdk/public/docs/PDFOpenParams.pdf
Dim intRet As Integer
Dim intPage As Integer
Dim strPDF As String
Dim strCommandLine As String
   intPage = 3
strPDF = """C:\records management\aircanadacasestudy.pdf"""

strCommandLine = """C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 
7.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe""" & _
     " /A " & "page=" & intPage & "&zoom=50,250,100 " & strPDF
    Debug.Print strCommandLine
   intRet = Shell(strCommandLine, vbMaximizedFocus)
End Sub

Jon Tydda wrote:

>Just a heads up on something that I've found the hard way today...
> 
>If you've upgraded Acrobat reader to version 7.0 (which is a LOT faster than
>6.0, and doesn't use enarly as much ram), you might notice that when you
>click on Hyperlinks in Office Documents they don't always open... if you
>update to 7.0.1 that's fixed.
> 
>The update file is here, or you can go to Help/check for updates if you're
>not behind some dodgy proxy server like I am here.
> 
>http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=2712
><http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=2712&fileID=2552>
>&fileID=2552
> 
> 
>Jon
>
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