hello
i am using windows xp with activeperl 5.10 , i want to call a windows dll such as AcroPDF.dll to display a pdf file within a win32 gui window?. i have seen a small code in VB6 titled: How to use Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 Viewer Control (AcroPDF.dll) in
http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=69282&lngWId=1
wich can realy display a pdf file on the form of the visual basic 6 ,i hope there is no opposition to display the vb6 code here for the attention of who may infer something from it, there is a little docs about calling dll's from perl, and any ideas to call this AcroPDF.dll could help many people in calling another dll's
thank you very much
it is a small code but commented heavily
' Demonstrated by: Julius Enerio
' Requirements: Make sure the Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Control Type Library (
+AcroPDF.dll) is visible in your toolbox
' Right Click on the toolbox then select Components. Select Adobe Acro
+bat 7.0 Control Type Library then click OK
' No need to add the control in the form though. Just use the code.
' Read More on how to use the browser control by reading the Interappl
+ication communication API Reference found by searching in on Google

Option Explicit 'Which means all variables must be declared before it 
+can be used in the program

Private m_objPDF As AcroPDFLibCtl.AcroPDF 'Declare an object of type A
+croPDF
Private m_strFilePath As String 'Declare a string for the PDF Filename
+ and Path

'On Form Load...
Private Sub Form_Load()
   m_strFilePath = App.Path & "\Quran_Page_013.pdf" 'Change this to th
+e path and filename of your PDF File
   Set m_objPDF = Controls.Add("AcroPDF.PDF.1", "Test") 'This will add
+ the PDF Browser control to the form on runtime. The "Test" is the co
+ntrol's name
   Set m_objPDF.Container = Frame1 'Attach the PDF Browser control to 
+a container.
   'A Container can be a Frame, PictureBox, or SSTab Control. In this 
+code, I used a Frame.
   
End Sub

'On Form Activate
Private Sub Form_Activate()
   'Load the PDF file specified in m_strFilePath.
   'Make sure to do this before doing any changes to the browser contr
+ols view/layout
   m_objPDF.LoadFile m_strFilePath
   
   'Set whether a toolbar will appear in the viewer. True to show, Fal
+se to Hide.
   m_objPDF.setShowToolbar False
   
   'Sets the Layout Mode for a page view according to the specified st
+ring.
   'DontCare — use the current user preference
   'SinglePage — use single page mode (as it would have appeared in pr
+e-Acrobat 3.0 viewers)
   'OneColumn — use one-column continuous mode
   'TwoColumnLeft — use two-column continuous mode with the first page
+ on the left
   'TwoColumnRight — use two-column continuous mode with the first pag
+e on the right
   m_objPDF.setLayoutMode "SinglePage"
   
   'Sets the page mode in which a document is to be opened
   'PDDontCare: 0 — leave the view mode as it is
   'PDUseNone: 1 — display without bookmarks or thumbnails
   'PDUseThumbs: 2 — display using thumbnails
   'PDUseBookmarks: 3 — display using bookmarks
   m_objPDF.setPageMode "none"
   
   'Set the Zoom view according to the value specified. ranges from 0 
+and onwards
   m_objPDF.setZoom 240
   
   'Move and Resize the object in relation to its container/form
   With m_objPDF
      .Move 125, 175, 7800, 8415 'x-position, y-position, width, heigh
+t
   End With
   
   'Show the Browser Control
   m_objPDF.Visible = True
End Sub

'On Form Unload
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
 
 'The Browser control will load a blank
 m_objPDF.LoadFile ""
 
 'Set object to nothing
 Set m_objPDF = Nothing
End Sub

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