Win32::OLE and Acroread anybody?

2006-01-16 Thread Lynn. Rickards
Greetings, Wondering if anyone has had any success controlling Adobe Acroreader thru OLE. There appears to be limited functionality exposed, as seen in OLE browser, but I didn't get past the first hurdle $acroApp = Win32::OLE-new('???'); Any clue most welcome. TIA - Lynn.

Re: Win32::OLE and Acroread anybody?

2006-01-16 Thread Kevin Carothers
Hi Lynn, I haven't personally done this- but I've had some luck with Win32::OLE. Try $acroApp = Win32::OLE-new(AcroExch.App); $acroDoc = Win32::OLE-new(AcroExch.PDDoc); HTH- KC On 1/16/06, Lynn. Rickards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings,Wondering if anyone has had any success

Re: Win32::OLE and Acroread anybody?

2006-01-16 Thread Lynn. Rickards
From: Kevin Carothers Hi Lynn, I haven't personally done this- but I've had some luck with Win32::OLE. Try $acroApp = Win32::OLE-new(AcroExch.App); $acroDoc = Win32::OLE-new(AcroExch.PDDoc); HTH- Thanks - though the first is indicated valid in acrord32.dll these and

Re: Win32::OLE and Acroread anybody?

2006-01-16 Thread Lynn. Rickards
Kevin Carothers wrote: Hi Lynn, What specifically are you trying to automate? Maybe I can try and help you find something (no promises, tho :-) KC Thanks for the thought - the aim is to open a document and either navigate to a known page or run a search. Useful-looking methods look to be