how to identify the installed directory

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Re: how to identify the installed directory by holli (Abbot) on Aug 21, 2005 at 11:39 UTC
You don't really need to know that. You can simply `system ("start path/to/file.pdf");` [download] and the associated program will start automagically. holli, /regexed monk/	[reply] [d/l]
Re: how to identify the installed directory by sgifford (Prior) on Aug 21, 2005 at 18:37 UTC
The path of what EXE file? The PDF reader? Perl itself? Or your own script?	[reply]
Re: how to identify the installed directory by Util (Priest) on Aug 22, 2005 at 04:42 UTC
++holli. That is the usually the best approach. If needed, this also works (on Win32, and only tested with Acrobat 5.x). `use Win32::TieRegistry( Delimiter=>'/' ); my $key = 'Classes/Applications/AcroRd32.exe/shell/open/command'; my $command = $Registry->{$key}{'/'} or die "Can't read '$key': $^E\n"; $command =~ s{ "%1"$}{} or warn; print $command;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]