Opening a pdf while in word by macro

[Tanya]

I would like to set up a button with a macro attached
which will go to a directory with pdfs in it and be able
to click on a pdf and it then opens in adobe. Possible?

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Tanya,

I would like to set up a button with a macro attached
which will go to a directory with pdfs in it and be able
to click on a pdf and it then opens in adobe. Possible?

Sure. Version of Word?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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[Jonathan West]

I would like to set up a button with a macro attached
which will go to a directory with pdfs in it and be able
to click on a pdf and it then opens in adobe. Possible?

Yes, it is. Place the following line of code above the first Sub statement
in a module

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, _
ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, _
ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

Then in the same module, include the following routine

Public Sub OpenAcrobatFile(strFile As String)
ShellExecute 0, "open", strFile, vbNullString, vbNullString, 9
End Sub

Then simply call the routine, passing it the full pathname of the PDF file
you want to open.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Cindy,

We have 5 versions of Word (nightmare), the oldest being
97 and 2003 being the latest.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

We have 5 versions of Word (nightmare), the oldest being

97 and 2003 being the latest.

You saw Jonathan's reply?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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