Viewing Adobe reader PDF files

Insert an OLE object onto your form and add the PDF or prompt
for a PDF file.

Their is no other way possible at the current momment.
However,
you might want to check Activex.com for a control that could view
these files. Of course, I do imagine that it would not come
cheap.

Best of luck.

As far as I know PDF in not an OLE Document. BTW you must have installed some PDF application in that case to view it.
A better suggestion is to download the free PDF ocx from the adobe site. This one you can add to the form to view your pdf file. I can't answer the question since it is locked by idcanada

idcanada is wrong. There *IS* an OCX for Adobe. Mirkwood is right. It's easy to just, it's a complete Reader in one control. All you have to do is set the file name and the control does the rest.

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mark2150, the activex control i have downloaded is insertable in the vb application. I was able to set scr property to the pdf file i would like to view. And it did open my file. But when I wanted to load another file I used PDF1.LoadFile("d:\mypdf.pdf") and the Adobe Reader will respond "An Internal error has occured". Since the ActiveX control designed specifically for the WEB i tried to use strings like "file//d:\mypdf.pdf", but no luck. Therefore I think that it is not working.

Have you tried other PDF files as well? Maybe the one you tried is corrupted or contains something weird./

idcanada thank you,
the problem is that adobe is not very open about the ADOBE READER ole stuff. i tried to reference pdf.tlb file and then i placed the ole control (-> adobe document) on my form. i do not think what you have suggessted above will work.

Alternative might be to use the webbrowser control. Make the webbrowser control open the PDF file and start the plug-in.

Another option is to launch the PDF viewer and use setparent to make your window the owner.

http://tips.kbcafe.com/tips/kb.cgi?tips=426

BTW: You have to use the src property iso loadfile and it does not work within VB. You have to compile and run the exe before it works.

great, thanks