See ShellExecute in the Win32API section of UT.

>Do you have any ideas on how I can display a PDF file on a form or launch the pdf viewer??
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>Thanks for the reply
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>>>Has anyone put a PDF file in a general field? I need to display a PDF page on a form.
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>>>TIA
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>>No but I have put a Word doc into a MEMO field using FileToStr(). Then use StrToFile() to recreate it with a temporary file name for VFP Ole automation. The final step of automation is to prompt the user for a filename to save the file as [along with the path]. That way the user never gets to tamper with the original doc.
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>>You could use the same technique for any kind of file including PDFs.