>I have PDF files with a unique id as the filename (ie, "2000-999" located on a specific drive on the network. I would like to add a command button to a form which would access a specific PDF file based on the id current displayed on a form. I know the location and the name of the file I would like to select. I would like to be able to open this file.
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>I'm not sure how to accomplish this. Any direction would be very much appreciated.
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>TIA,
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>Sue Burnham

Sue,

If you're just wanting to open the PDFs for viewing with the OSs default viewer (most likely to be Adobe), then just use ShellExecute. You can use either the Windows API ShellExecute function or this way is simpler:

lcFileName = 'PDFFile.PDF'
ox = NEWOBJECT('Shell.Application')
ox.Open(lcFileName)

HTH,
Chad