Open pdf file in Adobe reader created in code-behind

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Susan picture Susan · Dec 12, 2012 · Viewed 7.2k times · Source

How can I open a PDF document that I've created in code-behind in Adobe Reader?

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Derek Tomes picture Derek Tomes · Dec 12, 2012

If you want to open a pdf with the application that has a file association with it, do the following:

Process.Start("C:\foo\bar\mybook.pdf")

If you want to open a specific application instead (like Adobe Reader when you don't have a file association) do the same thing by passing the pdf file path as a command line parameter. You'll need to get the path to AcroRd32.exe from the registry because people may have different versions installed, or installed it to a different location.

Process.Start("C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe", _
              "C:\foo\bar\mybook.pdf")

The first option is generally better, because your software will respect whatever pdf reader your end-users have selected on their computer, or they may not have it installed at all.

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