Re: launching adobe reader with arguments from os.system call

2005-09-08 Thread Greg Miller
Thank you for the information, when I launched the Reader on the actual hardware it launched quickly. I think I just have too much running on my application PC. I will consider starting an AcroReader app however. Greg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: launching adobe reader with arguments from os.system call

2005-09-08 Thread Steve Holden
Greg Miller wrote: > Thank you Martin, here's what I discovered this morning to work, the > only problem is it is painfully slow to launch the application. > > os.system('start acroRd32.exe'+' /A'+' "page=15"'+' > "C:\\Gregtemp\\estelletest\\NexGlosser_User_Guide_W60G00_en.pdf"') > > I'm going to

Re: launching adobe reader with arguments from os.system call

2005-09-08 Thread Greg Miller
Thank you Martin, here's what I discovered this morning to work, the only problem is it is painfully slow to launch the application. os.system('start acroRd32.exe'+' /A'+' "page=15"'+' "C:\\Gregtemp\\estelletest\\NexGlosser_User_Guide_W60G00_en.pdf"') I'm going to give your method a try to see if

Re: launching adobe reader with arguments from os.system call

2005-09-06 Thread Martin Miller
Greg Miller wrote: > Currently I am launching adobe reader using the following call: > os.system("path.file.pdf") > this works fine for opening the pdf doc at the beginning. We would like > to enhance this and open the document to either a page or a nameddest > in the doc. The syntax for that in t