Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:35:27 +1000, Timothy Smith ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > > >>it's iterally just >> >>PDFname = 'tmp.pdf' >>os.startfile(PDFname) >> >>thats the code. >> >> >> > No "import os"? > And the full traceback? > > > >>so obviously it contains no errnous characters. see my update btw. it >>actually DOES open the report, but throws up the exception as well. >> >> > > Must not have made it to my server yet, assuming it was posted >after my comment. > >import os > >PDFname = "test.pdf" >os.startfile(PDFname) > > No errors if I'm in the directory with the PDF when I execute >the program... > >E:\UserData\Dennis Lee Bieber\My Documents>script1.py > >E:\UserData\Dennis Lee Bieber\My Documents>python script1.py > >E:\UserData\Dennis Lee Bieber\My Documents> > > > > > yep the program is executed in the same dir as the pdf file. like i said it actually opens it, but throws up an exception as well. if i hadn't seen it with my own eyes i wouldn't believe it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list