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Re: shell function and pdf in vb6

From	Dee Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
Subject	Re: shell function and pdf in vb6
Date	2011-05-09 19:06 +0100
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On 09/05/2011 18:02, scbs29 wrote:
> 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 ?

Use ShellExecute()
http://hashvb.earlsoft.co.uk/ShellExecute

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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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