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Run Adobe Acrobat from within VB.Net app

I have a pdf file that I want to use as part of the help system for my
app...when the user clicks the toolstripbutton, Adobe Acrobat should
fire up displaying the relevant article...how would one go about doing
this...

I am using Visual Studio 2005(VB.Net).

Thanks

Sep 25 '06 #1
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Christie wrote:
I have a pdf file that I want to use as part of the help system for my
app...when the user clicks the toolstripbutton, Adobe Acrobat should
fire up displaying the relevant article...how would one go about doing
this...

I am using Visual Studio 2005(VB.Net).

Thanks
A quick google search would have yielded this:

How about System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("filename.pdf")

Sep 25 '06 #2
Look at System.Diagnostics.Process

"Christie" <c.*******@yahoo.comwrote in message
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>I have a pdf file that I want to use as part of the help system for my
app...when the user clicks the toolstripbutton, Adobe Acrobat should
fire up displaying the relevant article...how would one go about doing
this...

I am using Visual Studio 2005(VB.Net).

Thanks

Sep 25 '06 #3

Chris Dunaway wrote:
Christie wrote:
I have a pdf file that I want to use as part of the help system for my
app...when the user clicks the toolstripbutton, Adobe Acrobat should
fire up displaying the relevant article...how would one go about doing
this...

I am using Visual Studio 2005(VB.Net).

Thanks

A quick google search would have yielded this:

How about System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("filename.pdf")
Thanks...it worked very well

Sep 25 '06 #4

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