Open a pdf file at a specified page in C#

[polocar]

Hello,
I'm writing a program in C#.
In the interface you have 2 textboxes in which you can specify the pdf file name (with its position in the hard disk) and the page of that file you want to go directly.
I would like that, when the user clicks on an appropriate "Open" button, the pdf file would open exactly at that page.
I have found in other threads of the forum that the correct way to open a pdf file in a C# program is to use

using System.Diagnostics;

namespace, and then the

Process.Start("namefile.pdf");

statement.
In this way the pdf document opens at page 1.
Is there a way to open it at the page specified in the textbox?

Thank you very much

 

[rdgerken]

As far as I know there are no command line options available to do what you are asking at pdf open. The only way that I see to do it is to have a full install of Acrobat (not just the reader) - and include Acrobat.tlb as a project reference.

This may or may not be an option for what you want to do. This developer faq may be of some use (where I got the above information). If you want to be a hack about it... you could always do some send keys or something to the reader to get to the page you want... lol

Good luck!

http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/acrobat/sdk/pdf/intro_to_sdk/DeveloperFAQ.pdf

 

[polocar]

Hi rdgerken,
thank you for your suggestion.
I think your method is surely useful if you want to have the complete control of the pdf file.
For the moment I only try to find a simple way to open a pdf file at a specified page.
Just 10 minutes ago I have found (thanks to another user that indicated me the link) an interesting article that gave me an idea on how to do:

the article is this one:

http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/acrobat/PDFOpenParameters.pdf

It seems to me that these statements could function:
After having introduced the namespace

using System.Diagnostics;

you can define a Process object and initialize its StartInfo property in this way:

Process myProcess = new Process();
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "Acrobat.exe";
myProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = "/A \"page=2\" C:\\example.pdf";
myProcess.Start();

The pdf file should open at page 2.