Opening a PDF file from Word (Word 97)

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I am wanting to open a file (a reference document) that is a PDF, from a word template. I know that I have to open Adobe first, and tried the following lines… but I’m not quite right….

ChangeFileOpenDirectory _
“C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 4.0AcrobatAcrobat.exe/C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeTemplatesCIS TEMPLATESref”
Documents.Open FileName:=”IS_DataModel_Guidelines.pdf”, ConfirmConversions:= _

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You don’t have to open Acrobat Reader first. You can open a .pdf document with

ActiveDocument.FollowHyperlink “C:MyDocsTest.pdf”

or by using ShellExecute. ShellExecute provides the equivalent of opening (or printing) a file in Windows Explorer.

To use it, put the following code in a standard module:

Private 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

Private Const SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED As Long = 3

To use it, call it like this:

Dim lngResult As Long

lngResult = ShellExecute(0&, “Open”, _
“C:MyDocsTest.pdf”, 0&, 0&, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)
If lngResult <= 32 Then
MsgBox "Couldn

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AWESOME… IT worked! What a pick-up to a day that has been deadends!

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