For those who care, the file below should run on a unix/ linux style system. And "xpdf", amoung others, will run a pdf file.
import os def Printpdf(): os.system( 'xpdf form.pdf' ) if __name__ == '__main__' : Printpdf() jim-on-linux > On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:44:18 GMT, Jussi Salmela > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > On Windows, this (where fileName is xyz.PDF, > > for example): webbrowser.open(r'file://' + > > fileName) starts Acrobat Reader with the > > document read in. I have no idea why, because > > Acrobat Reader sure ain't my browser;) > > Most likely Adobe installed the Acrobat > plug-in for the browser... The browser > identifies the file as PDF and passes it to the > plug-in for rendering. > -- > Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/ > (Bestiaria Support > Staff: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > HTTP://www.bestiaria.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list