Re: Launching pdf from VC
To add to what Doug wrote... I think you could just call ShellExecute() with
a .pdf file type and the shell would resolve this for you. I haven't seen
anyone use this kind of code for a really long time and since you're using
C++ you may as well get all the benefit of it.
Tom
"DBC User" <dbcuser@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I have a vc1.52 code and there I am trying to launch a PDF file. This
is the code I have
/* SYSTEM.C: This program uses
* system to TYPE its source file.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <process.h>
void main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
char cmd[256];
int i=0;
for(i=0;i<argc;i++)
printf("%d - %s\n", i, argv[i]);
if (argc > 0)
{
system( argv[1] );
}
else
{
printf("No help file to show. Please contact support");
}
}
I run the program like the following
test.exe test.pdf
when I run it gives an error 'bad command or file name', but when I
type just the name test,pdf in the dos mode, it opens up the pdf
properly. What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks.
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