Okay, i tried a little bit and if i call hte pdfviewwin inside a console with exactly the given path which is printed in the dialog box the same window appears.
That assured my opinion that pdfviewwin dont recieve a correct path. Who is calling this file? lyx itself or a python script? Thomas -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Thomas Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------- Erstellt mit Operas revolutionärem E-Mail-Modul: http://www.opera.com/mail/