Win32::OLE and Acrobat

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

Hello. This is an edit to simplify my question.

How can I use Win32::OLE to open a pdf document and have the pdf VISIBLE on the computer screen?

This doesn't work right. No document displays.

#!usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Win32::OLE;
use XML::Simple;

my $acrobat = Win32::OLE->new("AcroExch.App", "Quit");
$acrobat->Show;

my $avdoc = Win32::OLE->new("AcroExch.AVDoc");
$avdoc->Open( "c:\\scotta\\fotestfile4810.pdf" );
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Re: Win32::OLE and Acrobat by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 13, 2010 at 15:13 UTC
I use the following code to print PDF through the default printer: `my @cmd = (q("C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Reader 9.0\\Reader\\AcroRd32.e +xe"), '/h', '/p', $file ); system( @cmd ) == 0 or warn "$? / $! / $^E";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Win32::OLE and Acrobat by fujibot (Initiate) on Apr 13, 2010 at 15:54 UTC
Thanks. This almost works, but I can't get past the system call. The program "hangs" here until I manually kill acrobat. How can I get the program to continue to process code? `my @cmd = (q("C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Acrobat 9.0\\Acrobat\\Acrobat. +exe"), $file); system( @cmd );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Win32::OLE and Acrobat by rtillian (Initiate) on Apr 22, 2010 at 14:01 UTC
I use to bring PDFs into Postscript by this method. The trick in this case is to have an instance of acrobat already opened. Try: open Acrobat manually. Start your program, a frame may be visible but will vanish and your program will continue. my code: `my $pddoc = Win32::OLE->new("AcroExch.PDDoc"); $bef = "\"c:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Acrobat 8.0\\Acrobat\\acrobat.exe\ +""; $bef.= " /n /s /o /h /t $inpfil \"DT6180PS_9111\" \"Xerox DT6180 PS3 v +2.0\" \"/\""; system( $bef );` [download] works perfect. I redirect the output to a printer, where the application redmon redirects the output to a file. By this way you can get any printercode to a file in a command mode. Good luck!	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Win32::OLE and Acrobat by roboticus (Chancellor) on Apr 13, 2010 at 15:49 UTC
fujibot: A brief scan from the Adobe docs indicates that the AcroExch.PDDoc.OpenAVDoc method may be what you're after. ...roboticus *Update:* Repaired links, spotted by Corion++	[reply]
Re: Win32::OLE and Acrobat by Anonymous Monk on Apr 13, 2010 at 15:07 UTC
So, my question is simple. How to Open and DISPLAY a pdf using Win32::OLE? find apropriate attribute or api call	[reply]
Re^2: Win32::OLE and Acrobat by fujibot (Initiate) on Apr 13, 2010 at 15:13 UTC
umm, thanks... any suggestions...? And in what order? I've tried SetViewMode, etc...	[reply]