Acrobat called from Clarion 6.0

I am in over my head here...

How do you setup an external call to a program on a client machine? I don't
need to pass any parameters between the two, just "Program", "File to Open"
(file to open is a variable stored in the database)

My example will be Acrobat...

If I hard code the "path\acrobat.exe filename" in an imbed it works fine,
however I do not know which version of Acrobat is being used on the client,
and therefore I can not specify a hard coded path.

Windows knows how to find the program thru the RUN button, is there a way to
access those resources?

Thanks in advance,
/\/\ark

Use ShellExecute.  The easiest way I know of is by using the Free Internet
Link template.  Use it to call the filename implicitly and it will launch
the file using it's default application.  I forgot where to get that
template but if you can't find it email me.

"Mark Kromm" <mkromm@fcc-eng.com> wrote in message
news:PxH1c.6$vQ4.2735@news.abs.net...
> I am in over my head here...
>
> How do you setup an external call to a program on a client machine? I
don't
> need to pass any parameters between the two, just "Program", "File to
Open"
> (file to open is a variable stored in the database)
>
> My example will be Acrobat...
>
> If I hard code the "path\acrobat.exe filename" in an imbed it works fine,
> however I do not know which version of Acrobat is being used on the
client,
> and therefore I can not specify a hard coded path.
>
> Windows knows how to find the program thru the RUN button, is there a way
to
> access those resources?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> /\/\ark
>
>

This worked, Thank you.


"Kingsley Klosson" <kklosson@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:iVH1c.32632$hm4.10195@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> Use ShellExecute.  The easiest way I know of is by using the Free Internet
> Link template.  Use it to call the filename implicitly and it will launch
> the file using it's default application.  I forgot where to get that
> template but if you can't find it email me.
>
> "Mark Kromm" <mkromm@fcc-eng.com> wrote in message
> news:PxH1c.6$vQ4.2735@news.abs.net... 
> don't 
> Open" 
fine, 
> client, 
way
> to 
>
>

In article <iVH1c.32632$hm4.10195@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
kklosson@earthlink.net says...
> Use ShellExecute.  The easiest way I know of is by using the Free Internet
> Link template.  Use it to call the filename implicitly and it will launch
> the file using it's default application.  I forgot where to get that
> template but if you can't find it email me.

You can use freeware or commercial SHELLEXECUTE API templates to do
this.

My recommendation!

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HyperActive is SHELLEXECUTE on steroids! HIGHLY recommended

David

>
> "Mark Kromm" <mkromm@fcc-eng.com> wrote in message
> news:PxH1c.6$vQ4.2735@news.abs.net... 
> don't 
> Open" 
> client, 
> to 
>
>
>

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