Acrobat reader

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Dear friend, the following sample opens a PDF in Acrobat Reader:

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#include "Fivewin.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    LOCAL oWnd, oPdf

    DEFINE WINDOW oWnd

    oPdf = TActiveX():New( oWnd, "AcroPDF.PDF" )

    oPdf:LoadFile = "E:\FW\Update43-29-sera.pdf"

    oWnd:oClient = oPdf

    ACTIVATE WINDOW oWnd;
             MAXIMIZED

    RETURN NIL

Anybody knows how to open a password protected PDF without user intervention (the program knows the password)?

Thanks in advance.

EMG

[arpipeline]

Enrico,

This doesn't answer your question exactly, but I use a great library for all kinds of PDF related work, and it definitely allows you to open a secured PDF with ease. You can then resave it with new options or do all kinds of cool stuff. Also, I use the Sumatra PDF reader for super fast display of PDF files.

Check it out:
http://www.quickpdflibrary.com
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf

Andy

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Thank you anyway.

EMG

[alvaro533]

Good morning.

DEFINE WINDOW oWnd
oPdf = TActiveX():New( oWnd, "AcroPDF.PDF" )
oPdf:LoadFile = "E:\FW\Update43-29-sera.pdf"

I use Foxit freeware instead of Acrobat Reader. While Acrobat reader is bigger than 70 mb, Foxit is only 5 mb and much, much faster to load and to open files. Intregration with Firefox is also better than acrobat. Also I don't like that acrobat reader is looking for upgrades all the time. So my question is: What do I have to put to replace "AcroPDF.PDF" in you code above.

Thank you very much.

Alvaro

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Are you sure that Foxit offers an ActiveX object?

EMG

[alvaro533]

Yes, I just found out:

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/sdk/activex/

http://foxit.vo.llnwd.net/o28/pub/foxit ... _guide.pdf

The reader is freeware, but the ocx is not, I think. I will try it.

Alvaro

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

I wonder if similar documentation is available for Acrobat reader...

EMG

[dutch]

Dear All,

This function is useful. How can I make it on Top of Window Backgroup? Because when I use this function from the Main window, it will be minimized.

Dear friend, the following sample opens a PDF in Acrobat Reader:

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#include "Fivewin.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    LOCAL oWnd, oPdf

    DEFINE WINDOW oWnd

    oPdf = TActiveX():New( oWnd, "AcroPDF.PDF" )

    oPdf:LoadFile = "E:\FW\Update43-29-sera.pdf"

    oWnd:oClient = oPdf

    ACTIVATE WINDOW oWnd;
             MAXIMIZED

    RETURN NIL

Anybody knows how to open a password protected PDF without user intervention (the program knows the password)?

Thanks in advance.

EMG

Regards,
Dutch

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Try:

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SETWINDOWPOS( oWnd:hWnd, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3 )

EMG

[alvaro533]

Andy, can you show how you inicialize the activex control with quickpdflibrary?

I get an error with:

::oControl := TActiveX():New( oWnd, "QuickPDFAX0717.PDFLibrary" ) // crash

Thank you very much

Alvaro

[arpipeline]

Alvaro,

I am not using the ActiveX version so I don't have any experience with it...sorry.

I use the DLL version.

Andy

[alvaro533]

Hi Andy,

Could you share the code of an example on how to get started with the DLL ?

Thank you,

Alvaro

[Jeff Barnes]

Hi Enrico,

Maybe you can find your answer here:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/?view=documentation

[Jeff Barnes]

Hi Enrico,

I found this while searching the net:

>To programmatically enter a password and bypass the user
>interface prompt for
>password, you must replace the standard "security handler" for
>Acrobat with your own
>security handler. There is no way to bypass the password prompt with
>the standard
>Acrobat security handler. For an example of a custom security
>handler, see the "Rot13"
>sample plug-in.

Looks like this "Rot13 Sample Plug-in" is supplied with Acrobat 4 SDK

Hope this helps.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Thank you.

EMG