maybe you could check the registry for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Adobe/Acrobat Reader entry, or something like that?
Rui Dantas "Heike Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <lingo-l> is acrobat reader installed? tworks.net 28-05-2002 10:25 Please respond to lingo-l hello list, i'm opening some pdfs in the user's browser via a button. so i have: on mouseUp gotoNetPage "@/pdfs/test.pdf" end this works fine. but how do i check whether the user actually has acrobat reader installed so i can annoy him with a "sorry, you need to install acrobat reader first" alert? essentially i need a check if reader is installed if yes open document if no put out an alert it's not do-able without an xtra, right? please help. thx, heike .-) ps: and just to annoy everyone completely... where are the searchable archives of the list again?? i only have this adress: http://mail4.fcgnetworks.net/archives/lingo-l/ which does not have a search window .-( [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]