Hi Alex,
I appreciate your efforts--but I haven't been able to figure out what to call in the Reader thru CREATEOBJECT at all. Using ShellExecute is ok for now.

>Hi Charlie,
>
>One possibility would be to load the acrobat reader into vfp's object browser. That will reveal a good part of the mistery.
>
>I'll do a bit of research for you and let you know what I find...
>
>Have fun!
>
>Alex
>
>
>>Hi Alex,
>>After seeing your message I've been looking for some documentation on the COM interface--without success. Can you help me locate any information on the Adobe Reader?
>>
>>>Hi Cecil,
>>>
>>>I'd like to add to the great advice you've already received...
>>>
>>>About 2 years ago I did some research on Acrobat Reader and discovered that it has an EXTREMELY rich COM model. You can do virtually ANYTHING you might want (and much more) by instantiating it as an object directly from vfp.
>>>
>>>Have fun!
>>>
>>>Alex
>>>
>>>
>>>>How do you call the PDF Reader form within Visual FoxPro and also give it a fiel name to read?