When you are on the mac, behavior like that descibed by Nik happens, when
Acrobat is already open. On Mac you need to use BuddyAPI to be able to
reliably open acrobat documents.
Pekka
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> Subject: RE: <lingo-l> open xxxx with yyyy
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>
> > >> open "Corp_brochure.pdf" with "Acrobat� Reader 4.0" <<
>
> When you use the "open" command, you need to supply the FULL path to both
> parameters.
>
> ie.
> fName = the moviePath & "Corp_brochure.pdf"
> appName = the moviePath & "Acrobat� Reader 4.0"
> open fName with appName
>
> Why don't you just use budAPI's baOpenFile(the moviePath &
> "Corp_brochure.pdf")
>
> "Acrobat� Reader 4.0" doesn't look like a Windows .exe fileName - are you
> working on a Mac?
>
>
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