Is AdobePDFMaker installed in my client ?

[Bo Hansson]

How can I use VBA-code to investigate if AdobePDFMaker is installed in my
client ?


/BosseH

 

[Word Heretic]

G'day "Bo Hansson" <[email protected]>,

see if the addins collection has a pdmakera.dot in it I guess

How can I use VBA-code to investigate if AdobePDFMaker is installed in my
client ?


/BosseH

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[Mark Tangard]

Hi Bo,

Different PDFxxxx.dot files will be present as add-ins depending
on how recently Adobe was installed, so you can test for anything
starting the PDF (assuming you don't have any add-ins of your own
named like that):

Dim ai As AddIn, FoundIt As Boolean
For Each ai In AddIns
If Left(ai.Name, 3) = "PDF" Then
FoundIt = True
Exit For
End If
Next ai
If FoundIt = True Then
MsgBox ai.Name & " is installed."
Else
MsgBox "PDFMaker/PDFWriter add-in not found."
End If

 

[Bo Hansson]

Thanks Mark, exactly what I wanted!

/BosseH

Hi Bo,

Different PDFxxxx.dot files will be present as add-ins depending
on how recently Adobe was installed, so you can test for anything
starting the PDF (assuming you don't have any add-ins of your own
named like that):

Dim ai As AddIn, FoundIt As Boolean
For Each ai In AddIns
If Left(ai.Name, 3) = "PDF" Then
FoundIt = True
Exit For
End If
Next ai
If FoundIt = True Then
MsgBox ai.Name & " is installed."
Else
MsgBox "PDFMaker/PDFWriter add-in not found."
End If

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