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01.05.2008 at 02:13PM PST, ID: 23061255
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Correct method for opening and closing Acrobat by API

Asked by qz8dsw in Visual Studio .NET 2005, Adobe Acrobat

Tags: Adobe, Acrobat, 8.1.1, VB.NET

Hi all,

I'm using VB.net 2005 to talk to Adobe via it's COM interface.
Everything seems to be working fine until it comes to the time to close adobe Acrobat
It false to app.close()
Executing the app.exit() or the App.MenuItemExecute("Quit") does not close adobe acrobat (still running as a task in task manager).

The only thing I can think of is there is still something I've not closed which means adobe can't close (Or I'm doing it in the wrong order).
I've tried this with adobe hidden and visible and although the adobe window disappears, the acrobat.exe process still continues to stay in background.
The reason I'm wanting to close it completely is I've found it helps with memory when opening up multiple pdf's via COM.

Thanks for any help in advance,
Terry
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' open Adobe
                    oApp = CreateObject("AcroExch.App")
                    ' hide it
                    oApp.Hide()
                    ' re-open the file and get the pointers in place again
                    oAvDoc = CreateObject("AcroExch.AVDoc")
                    oAvDoc.Open(inFile, "")
                    oDoc = CreateObject("AcroExch.PDDoc")
                    'create the 2 adobe "documents" we will be using
                    oDoc = oAvDoc.GetPDDoc()
                    oJS = oDoc.GetJSObject()
..... rest of code in here for doing stuff with the PDF
 
                    oJS = Nothing
                    bRetCode = oDoc.Close()  
                    oDoc = Nothing
                    oAvDoc.Close(1)
                    oAvDoc = Nothing
                    bRetCode = oApp.CloseAllDocs() ' returns true
                    bRetCode = oApp.Exit()  ' returns false
                    bRetCode = oApp.MenuItemExecute("Quit") ' returns true
                    oApp = Nothing
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Zones: Visual Studio .NET 2005, Adobe Acrobat
Tags: Adobe, Acrobat, 8.1.1, VB.NET
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