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Open PDF in Visual Basic .NET

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saphiroth

saphiroth

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Dec 15, 2004
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Hi,
I have an Access database full of pdf inserted into the DB as OLE objects. I want to open want to retrieve the pdf and open it within VB.NET. I tried using the
Shell("RUNDLL32.EXE URL.DLL, FileProtocolHandler " & DocumentWithPath, vbNormalFocus) command and it did work but in this case I wont be supplieng the path but the actuall pdf from Access db. How can I retrieve the pdf and open it using such a statement?

thanx
 
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