Opening PDF/ Solidworks API 1

[JordonMusser]

I can open it using the shell command..

ie:

myapp= Shell("C:\app path C:\file path")

But unfortunately I will not always know the location of acrobat reader.

Is there another way to do this?

 

[TheTick]

Windows API ShellExecute will open a file with its default application

Windows API declaration for ShellExecute

Public Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, _
ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

Sub that opens a web page using ShellExecute

Public Sub OpenEsoxWeb()
ShellExecute 0, vbNullString, "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.EsoxRepublic.com",[/URL] vbNullString, "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL
End Sub

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