> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dirk Bremer > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 14:49 > To: Active State Perl > Subject: Calling Acrobat Reader > > I'm developing a nice little program that will search a directory on > another server and return the results based upon several search > criteria. The files being listed as the result of the search are PDF > files. I would like to offer an option in this program to > allow the user > to select a file and then have the program start Acrobat > Reader opening > the selected file. > > I have all but this last bit down and I'll explain further. I have > gotten to the part where the user selects the file and I am trying to > open it with: > > system('AcroRd32.exe',$List[$Reply][2]); > > snip.
Thanks to all who responded and helped to put me on the right track. I ended up with this that seems to work fine: exec($List[$Reply][2]); Dirk Bremer - Senior Systems Engineer - ESS/AMS - NISC Lake St. Louis MO - USA Central Time Zone 636-755-2652 fax 636-755-2503 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.nisc.coop _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
