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shell function and pdf in vb6

From	scbs29 <scbs29@fred.talktalk.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
Subject	shell function and pdf in vb6
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Date	2011-05-09 18:02 +0100

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Hello all
As part of a program which I am writing for my wife's craft pictures I
have just found a need to display pdf files.
I can do this ok (with foxit reader) using code of the form
strInstructions = """c:\program files\foxit software\foxit
reader\foxit reader.exe"""
strInstructions = strInstructions & " " & """" & filename & """"

so that for a file c:\a_folder\another_folder\filename
the full call would be 
retval = shell("c:\program files\foxit software\foxit reader\foxit
reader.exe" "c:\a_folder\another_folder\filename")

Surely there is a more elegant way of doing this ?
Can anyone advise ?

TIA

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shell function and pdf in vb6 scbs29 <scbs29@fred.talktalk.net> - 2011-05-09 18:02 +0100
  Re: shell function and pdf in vb6 Dee Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-05-09 19:06 +0100
    Re: shell function and pdf in vb6 scbs29 <scbs29@fred.talktalk.net> - 2011-05-09 20:06 +0100

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