ShowPdfFile

(new to 4.0)

ShowPdfFile( filename, bookmark, search, bookmarks )

Opens a Pdf file (on computers where Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader is installed). If acrobat exchange is installed on the computer, optional parameters can be used to specify which bookmark to open to, whether to show a search dialog, and whether to show the bookmark window. In ADE, or if the filename is an empty string, no PDF is opened. Returns 0 if acrobat is not installed, 1 if acrobat but not xchange is installed, and 2 if both are installed.

ShowPdfFile is typically called from a button script (i.e., create a button, and place a call to ShowPdfFile in the script attribute).

Full declaration

ShowPdfFile( filename : textual ; bookmark : optional textual ; search, bookmarks: optional boolean )

Example

The following opens the Analytica User Guide:

ShowPdfFile(GetRegistryValue("HKLM","ANAVER","UserGuide"))

See Also

• Hyperlinks in Descriptions
• CurrentDataDirectory
• GetRegistryValue