Opening Applications (Like Acrobat)

[John]

Is there a way to have a link on a web page open Acrobat
on the client's computer when they follow the link without
having the "open/save" dialog box appear? I have seen a
way to do it using activeX inside of javascript code, but
I have only seen examples with Microsoft applications. How
do I find the correct names to substitute
for "Word.Application"?

example:
var wdApp = new ActiveXObject("Word.Application");

Thank you,
John

 

[Altrus]

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Hi,

I may be mistaken, but most versions of Acrobat Reader launch by default
when you access a .pdf file.

In otherwords, a client machine will automatically launch Acrobat reader when
it encounters a .pdf file in Internet Explorer.

Altrus




| Is there a way to have a link on a web page open Acrobat
| on the client's computer when they follow the link without
| having the "open/save" dialog box appear? I have seen a
| way to do it using activeX inside of javascript code, but
| I have only seen examples with Microsoft applications. How
| do I find the correct names to substitute
| for "Word.Application"?
|
| example:
| var wdApp = new ActiveXObject("Word.Application");
|
| Thank you,
John

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[H Leboeuf]

It can be set by the client.
To allow .PDF files to open in the browser.
Acrobat Reader 4.0 -File-Preferences-General - Web Browser Integration
Acrobat Reader 5.0 -Edit-Preferences-Options-Web Browser Options-Display PDF
in browser.
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Do not know about the server side.

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm