MS Access Web Browser Control to save PDF before closing

Why are you using a web browser control to open the pdf?  The only way Access could control the save is if you used SendKeys to activate the button on the browser window.

I would use the FollowHyperlink method and use the native .pdf reader.  That way when the user closes the pdf, it will get saved.

Application.FollowHyperlink strInput, , True

strInput = the full path name to ANY file with an extension recognized by windows.

Reason is because its part of as part of a process we need to edit the PDF and and continue with our process. Therefore we cant leave MS Access.

So, you're saying that moving to a new record does n't save the pdf that was modified?

Once i finish filling in whatever needs to be filled in on the PDF i have a button on the form that closes this form ("frmEditApp"). when the form closes it does not save the changes i made to the PDF.

Can you add a save button to the pdf?  If you do, how would it know where to save and what to name the file?

hi Izzy,

is the PDF opening in a PDF reader? Click the save button there, inside the browser window -- or maybe Ctrl-S works too.  Since there is no way Access can know if it is saved or not with this method, it might be better to do as Pat suggested and use Application.FollowHyperlink -- that would make the PDF file easier to read also.

have an awesome day,
crystal