PDF --- force them to open in Acrobat ??

[Steven Cappiello]

Sorry, I know this is off-topic..but there is a slight chance I might be able to do something about this in Filemaker so I'm going to ask it here.

Also.. this is for a mean boss so you will be doing a HUGE favor if you can help me :-)

I have a Filemaker system that has a portal with file references to PDFs on a network path. My user (on a mac) has configured his machine to open all PDF files with Acrobat Reader, however, some of the files he opens from the filemaker system are opening in Preview. I /think/ most of these PDF files that are opening in Preview were scanned on a machine that is also set to open all PDF file with Acrobat.

Can any of you suggest any ways to force the PDFs to open on his machine in Adobe Acrobat : I'm willing to consider unconventional methods

thanks :B

[Zero Tolerence]

If all your users are mac you can do a Perform Applescript script step and send it something like.

"tell application "Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional"

	open "Macintosh HD:New Table.pdf"

end tell"

Of course you would have to dynamically build the file path, which shouldn't be hard, and specify the correct applicaiton if your users don't have Acrobat 7.0 Pro. But that works for me.

[Steven Cappiello]

Thanks !! i think this should work.

if that's not the version of Acrobat he's using.. how can I tell

the exact name of Acrobat that Applescript is supposed to use when "telling" ?

[Steven Cappiello]

He is using Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard

[Steven Cappiello]

It is telling me "there was an error opening this file, this file cannot be found"

this is my calculated applescript syntax:

"tell application "Adobe Reader 7.0"¶

open ""&Application_Materials::OS_checked_path&""¶

end tell"

[Steven Cappiello]

could my problem be related to the the path not being escaped : it contains some spaces and a comma in the path

[Steven Cappiello]

okay.. the simple way i had things opening was....

goto portal field / select/perform

the referenced file had a path of the form:

file:ARAKI-G&D2005 1.pdf

filemac:/rtdb/SKI_Recruitment/MB/Ariana, Mario/Ariana-G&D2005 1.pdf

Do I have to convert this to something like this:

/Volumes/rtdb/SKI_Recruitment/MB/Araki, Mario/Ariana-G&D2005 1.pdf

?

AND if so... how can I do that from Filemaker :??

Edited October 13, 2005 by Guest

[Zero Tolerence]

I'm working on something for you, quick question, do your "Volumes" have ftp access?