Hi Sergey,

I will give it a try.

Thank you again for all your help.

Regards...Rex

>Hi Rex,
>
>You can use FindExecutable Win API to get program associated with PDF files and act accordingly.

DECLARE INTEGER FindExecutable IN Shell32;
>  STRING lpFile, STRING lpDirectory, STRING @lpResult
>
>lcfile = ADDBS(SYS(2023)) + SYS(2015) + ".PDF"
>STRTOFILE("TEMP FILE", lcfile)
>lcbuffer = SPACE(200)
>lnresult = FindExecutable(lcfile, "", @lcbuffer)
>ERASE (lcfile )
>lcExe = ""
>DO CASE
>CASE lnresult = 31
>	* No program is associated with PDF files	
>CASE lnresult < 32
>	* Some other error
>OTHERWISE	
>	* Extract executable associated with PDF file
>	lcExe = LEFT(lcBuffer, RAT(CHR(0), lcbuffer )-1)
>ENDCASE
>? lcExe

>
>>Hi Sergey,
>>
>>Thank you most sincerely. What you sent me works perfectly!!
>>
>>In case my user doesn't have Adobe Acrobat Reader on their system, will you please advise me if you know of a way of checking if the reader is loaded onto the users machine?
>>
>>Regards...Rex
>>