asked on 1/8/2016

get selected text in webbrowser control via vba

I an displaying a pdf file (in Foxit reader) in a webbrowser control in MS Access 2003. i would like to select some text in the file and then capture the selected text via vba. I tried SendKeys "^c" and DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdCopy. Neither worked.

Any ideas?
Thanks

Microsoft Access Microsoft Office Microsoft Applications VBA

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thenelson

3/8/2016

Flora Edwards

1/8/2016

If you've loaded a PDF file then you can't use The WebBrowser, you can however use PDF reader control instead of the WebBrowser.

please see here

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Pavel Celba

1/8/2016

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thenelson

1/8/2016

ASKER

Will the foxit ActiveX allow me to open foxit in a form in Access? That is why I am using the webbrowser control. I don't want to have to switch back and forth between apps.

Pavel Celba

1/8/2016

ActiveX cannot work as a standalone application. It must be placed on a form similarly as the webbrowser control.

thenelson

2/14/2016

ASKER

Foxit software wants $2500 for their active X software which is way out of my budget.

Pavel Celba

2/17/2016

You may also look at PDF-XChange Viewer. The basic version is free and I've used it on FoxPro forms a few years ago.
http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer

thenelson

3/8/2016

ASKER

pcelba,

PDF-XChange Viewer is very nice. I switched to it from Foxit reader. I opens faster, has OCR support.

Thanks for your suggestion!