open a pdf at a special page

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Hi!

From time to time this question appears again ...
How to start a linked file ...
That's easy:
ShellExecute(hinstance,'open',PChar('c:\temp\test.pdf'), nil,  nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL);
You can use it in Delphi and (a bit modificated) in any other language.

I want to open the pdf-file at a special page. It should be temporarely (so i can't use SetOpenActionDestination). 
I know that there are special parameters from adobe to do this?

How should i modify my ShellExecute to use this additional parameter?

Thanks a lot in advance!
Ingo

Edited by Ingo - 19 Jan 07 at 3:29AM

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Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: open a pdf at a special page Posted: 19 Jan 07 at 3:28AM
	Hi! From time to time this question appears again ... How to start a linked file ... That's easy: ShellExecute(hinstance,'open',PChar('c:\temp\test.pdf'), nil, nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL); You can use it in Delphi and (a bit modificated) in any other language. I want to open the pdf-file at a special page. It should be temporarely (so i can't use SetOpenActionDestination). I know that there are special parameters from adobe to do this? How should i modify my ShellExecute to use this additional parameter? Thanks a lot in advance! Ingo Edited by Ingo - 19 Jan 07 at 3:29AM

ukobsa Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 29 May 06 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 115	Post Options Post Reply Quote ukobsa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 07 at 9:14AM
	Ingo, this works for me on commandline: "c:\Programme\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\acrord32.exe" /a page=4 "d:\temp\RDF Primer.pdf" Have also a look on this document HTH, Ulrich

bogey Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 30 Nov 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote bogey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 07 at 11:26AM
	Thanks Ingo, I recently was asked this question both two different people. Now I have an answer other than "I am sure there must be a way, but I don't know how."

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 07 at 2:31PM
	Hi Uli! Thanks a lot! Like Ken said: I was one who told there is a parameter but i don't know how and where ;-) ...and now it's so easy ... but hard to find. Best regards, Ingo

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jan 07 at 2:59PM
	Hello! I want to use ShellExecute having a universal call for the main readers ;-) With Uli's help i've made this calls (Delphi): In my test i wanted to open the document on page 4. s := GetProgramAssociation('pdf'); s := PathGetLongName(s); // example Foxit Reader s := '"' + s + '"'; c := '"' + 'c:\temp\test.pdf' + '"' + ' -n 4'; ShellExecute(hinstance,'open',PChar(s), PChar(c), nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL); // example Acrobat Reader s := '"' + s + '"'; c := '/a page=4 ' + '"' + 'c:\temp\test.pdf' + '"'; ShellExecute(hinstance,'open',PChar(s), PChar(c), nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL); You see each reader has its own parameter syntax for things like opening with pagenumbers. So if you want to open a pdf on a special page with all main readers you have to use "SetOpenActionDestination" with a copied version of the relevant pdf... Best regards, Ingo Edited by Ingo - 22 Jan 07 at 3:00PM