static void pager_FindWindow(Args _args) { Filename pdfFileName = 'MyDocumentFile.pdf'; FilePath pdfFilePath = @'C:\XYZ\'; str adobeExe; System.Diagnostics.Process process; System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo; // Let Windows figure out the standard program and location for the PDF reader adobeExe = WinAPI::findExecutable(pdfFilePath + pdfFileName); // Start the reader process new InteropPermission(InteropKind::ClrInterop).assert(); process = new System.Diagnostics.Process(); processStartInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(); processStartInfo.set_FileName(adobeExe); processStartInfo.set_Arguments(pdfFilePath + pdfFileName); process.set_StartInfo(processStartInfo); process.Start(); // Wait 5 secs. before closing the window sleep (5000); // Close the window process.Kill(); }
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Thursday, May 28, 2015
Open and close PDF reader from code
Here is an example of how you can open Adobe PDF Reader (or another PDF reader) with a particular PDF document, and close the reader again.