launching acrobat

rwbaker has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

i keep getting an error on this part of the program

i know acrobat reader is on the system

#  Print the file
my $full_filename="$workdir\\$viewfile";
my $avdoc = new Win32::OLE ('acrord32.AVDOC');
if (! $avdoc) {
        WriteLog("Error: unable to open Acrobat for printing.");
        print "acrobat=" . $avdoc . "\n";
        goto PR_RESET;
}
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Re: launching acrobat by Gangabass (Vicar) on Sep 04, 2008 at 04:19 UTC
First you need to format your code. I'm think you need to use "AcroExch.App" but it doesn't work for me too. May you need Adobe Acrobat Pro installed :-(	[reply]
Re: launching acrobat by Anonymous Monk on Sep 04, 2008 at 08:36 UTC
Whats error message? `die $^E`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: launching acrobat by rwbaker (Initiate) on Sep 05, 2008 at 01:13 UTC
unable to open Acrobat for printing is the error message I am getting I tryed this with excell and it seemed to work fine.. but not with acrobat.. not sure why	[reply]
Re: launching acrobat by rwbaker (Initiate) on Sep 05, 2008 at 01:14 UTC
unable to open Acrobat for printing is th error message I am getting I tryed this with excel an it worked fine but not with acrobat.. not sure why..thats why I am here	[reply]