Hi Sergey
That works great. Thanks alot for your help.
Regards
Gerard

>Yes, you can change nShowCmd parameter to SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED or any other values listed below.
>

* Hides the window and activates another window.
>#DEFINE SW_HIDE             0
>
>* Activates and displays a window. If the window is minimized or maximized,
>* Windows restores it to its original size and position. An application
>* should specify this flag when displaying the window for the first time.
>#DEFINE SW_SHOWNORMAL       1
>#DEFINE SW_NORMAL           1
>
>* Activates the window and displays it as a minimized window.
>#DEFINE SW_SHOWMINIMIZED    2
>
>* Activates the window and displays it as a maximized window.
>#DEFINE SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED    3
>* Maximizes the specified window.
>#DEFINE SW_MAXIMIZE         3
>
>* Displays a window in its most recent size and position. The active window remains active.
>#DEFINE SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE   4
>
>* Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position.
>#DEFINE SW_SHOW             5
>
>* Minimizes the specified window and activates the next top-level window in the z-order.
>#DEFINE SW_MINIMIZE         6
>
>* Displays the window as a minimized window. The active window remains active.
>#DEFINE SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE  7
>
>* Displays the window in its current state. The active window remains active.
>#DEFINE SW_SHOWNA           8
>
>* Activates and displays the window. If the window is minimized or maximized,
>* Windows restores it to its original size and position. An application
>* should specify this flag when restoring a minimized window.
>#DEFINE SW_RESTORE          9
>
>* Sets the show state based on the SW_ flag specified in the STARTUPINFO structure
>* passed to the CreateProcess function by the program that started the application.
>* An application should call ShowWindow with this flag to set the initial show state
>* of its main window.
>#DEFINE SW_SHOWDEFAULT      10
>
>* No comment in ShellExecute documentation
>#DEFINE SW_FORCEMINIMIZE    11
>#DEFINE SW_MAX              11
>

>
>
>>Thanks for your reply.
>>I've tried the View Pdf solution (Using Declare Integer Shellexecute....) and it brings up PDF viewer fine and I can view it and use PDF viewr to print.
>>
>>However, when it brings it up initially, the ODF viewer is minimised and I have to Maximize it.
>>
>>Is there a way to bring it up Maximized initially ?
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Gerard
>>
>>
>>>See Re: View PDFs in foxpro form Message #995960 and See Re: Open and Print a PDF file Message #773964.