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Why is open Acrobat document from VBA not visible?

I open an Acrobat PDF document from VBA and it is open but not visible.
How can I make it visible?

Code:

Dim doc As New AcroPDDoc
If doc.Open("C:\Temp.pdf") Then
MsgBox "Opened C:\Temp.pdf"
Else
MsgBox "Could not open C:\Temp.pdf"
End If

I receive the Opened C:\Temp.pdf message box but can't see the document.

Karl Heinz Kremer

You are opening a PDDoc - these are opened "behind the scenes". You need to use an AVDoc to display the document.

Karl Heinz Kremer

Do you have access to the IACOverview and IACReference documents from Adobe?

Chuck Wood

ASKER

1. I changed the code to:

Dim doc As New AcroAVDoc
If doc.Open("C:\Temp.pdf","TempTitle") Then
MsgBox "Opened C:\Temp.pdf"
Else
MsgBox "Could not open C:\Temp.pdf"
End If

I got the error: There was an error opening this document. This file cannot be found.

2. No, I do not have access to the documents. Where can I find them?

Karl Heinz Kremer

The Overview document is only available for SDK subscribers or ASN members, but you can download the reference document from here: http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/acrobat/sdk/index_doc.html#iac

I am no VB programmer, but your code does not look right. See if the reference document does help. Which version of Acrobat are you using?

Chuck Wood

ASKER

I will try that out and see what I can glean from it. Thanks.

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Chuck Wood

ASKER

I changed the code using some of the information in the reference document:

' requires a reference to Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Type Library
Dim ac As New Acrobat.AcroApp
ac.Show
ac.Maximize 1
Dim doc As New AcroAVDoc
doc.Open("C:\Temp.pdf","TempTitle")

It works fine. Thanks very much.