OLE Error on displaying a PDF 2

[GuitarSlayer]

I have a form which uses an activeX control to display a PDF
and until recently have had no problems with it using ADOBE Acrobat 5 Reader, however some people have been having problems using this form with ADOBE Acrobat version 7. The following error is displayed when trying to run the form:-

OLE error code 0x80040154. Class is not registered. OLE object is being ignored. Record number 4.

I took it for granted that the installer in Adobe would look after registering of this sort of stuff.

Anyone got any ideas?

 

[Mike Gagnon]

GuitarSlayer

I was able to load a document in the PDF reader activex. But it seems Adobe has change the way things work. The only way I was abble to do it was via code, loading the activex and specifying the document in the init of the form. Re the following in a prg to see how. Change the documetn name a pth to suit your needs. (This is based on the Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Browser Documetn Activex)

PUBLIC oform1
oform1=NEWOBJECT("form1")
oform1.Show
RETURN
DEFINE CLASS form1 AS form
	DoCreate = .T.
	Caption = "Form1"
	Name = "Form1"
    height = 350
    width = 600
	ADD OBJECT olecontrol1 AS olecontrol WITH ;
		Top = 24, ;
		Left = 48, ;
		Height = 300, ;
		Width = 500, ;
		Name = "Olecontrol1",;
		OleClass = "AcroPDF.PDF.1"
	PROCEDURE Init
	  lcfile = "c:\program files\merak\webmail\webmail.pdf"
	  this.olecontrol1.loadfile(lcfile)
	ENDPROC
ENDDEFINE

Mike Gagnon

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[ChrisRChamberlain]

GuitarSlayer

I agree with Mike's findings on this version of the ActiveX version control.

You also have the option of displaying a pdf in a webbrowser control in a VFP form, creating an instance of IE and displaying a pdf in the IE object or utilising Adobe Reader.

FAQ184-2483 - answering getting answered.​

Chris
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PDFcommander^tm.co.uk

 

[GuitarSlayer]

Mike,

Thanks for your reply, it worked a treat.

 

[GuitarSlayer]

Chris,

Thanks for the tip with IE object completely forgot about that
I'll try that too.