How to open Arobat from Delphi program?

[jcfrasco]

Hello,

I know it's possible to open other programs using the Shell function, but I was wondering if there is a way to open a .pdf file in Adobe Acrobat and pass in a value to have it search and display in a particular area. The reason I need this is because we are an aircraft overhaul facility and our parts manuals are supplied to us on CD-Roms in .pdf format. We constantly get updated versions but the titles of the chapters don't change on the disks. Also, when I receive the disks I copy the data into a folder on a shared network drive. What I would like to do is have my program open the required chapter from the network drive and possibly pass in the name or part numnber required and have Acrobat do a search and display the correct page.

I think this is a great site for information and I really appreciate everyones help in previous posts.

Sincerely,

jcfrasco

 

[Kocky]

You should check out the ActiveX components Adobe has.
They should be listed in Delphi under Components->Import ActiveX components.

 

[BTecho]

Hi jcfrasco.

Try looking through these links,

PlanetPdf

http://forum.planetpdf.com/archive/32071.htm

http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?WebPageID=447

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http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/docs.html

http://delphi.about.com/library/howto/htusepdf.htm

 

[michaenh]

Hi.

There are a lot of free components to create pdf files with delphi. You should try it out..

http://www.torry.net/

Another interresting issue is to have xml data and use xslt transformation to create ex. pdf, word, html, etc. reports or manuals with Delphi.

michael