Adobe Acrobat Reader 1

[BobLaw]

Hello,

I am looking for some information on adding detection for Adobe Acrobat Reader on a users system during the startup of an application. I have a user interface made so they can view various PDF files on a CD, but I want to be able to detect if they have the viewer or not and install it if they do not.

If you know how to do this or a good place to look for this information please let me know.

P.S. I also posted this in VB Classes/Modules, sorry if I should not have.

Thanks.

 

[culshaja]

You could try looking for the Acrobat Reader key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ADOBE in the registry, or you could try seeing whta .PDF is associated with in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.
This would need the use of the Windows API.

James James Culshaw
jculshaw@active-data-solutions.co.uk

http://www.active-data-solutions.co.uk

http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=193305

 

[BobLaw]

Thanks, I think that using the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and look for .pdf (Default) "AcroExch.Document" is the best way to go, do you agree?

 

[culshaja]

I would say that that is the best way.

James James Culshaw
jculshaw@active-data-solutions.co.uk

http://www.active-data-solutions.co.uk

http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=193305

 

[swilliams]

You do not need to do any of this. If you are using the pdf.ocx control in your user interface, then when you use the package and deployment wizard to distribute your application, the control will be included in the set up and it will be installed on the users computer if they do not have it or if they have an older version.

Simon