Have you copied the file out from your general field onto the HDD?

If so, then you can put the fully qualified path into src property and it should work (it does on my machine)

Will

>Ok I found the PDF.ocx and got it installed. What do I put into the Src property? I tried the file name but nothing happened...
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>THanks for the reply
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>>PDF.ocx
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>>Add it into VFP's ActiveX controls list in Tools options
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>>Then drag n drop it into the form
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>>Then just populate the Src Property the pdf will show automatically
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>>>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.