can't find a way to display and print pdf through python.

[Grant Edwards]

On 2007-02-12, Larry Bates <larry.bates at websafe.com> wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2007-02-12, Larry Bates <larry.bates at websafe.com> wrote:
>>> On 2007-02-12, Larry Bates <larry.bates at websafe.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I at least need the code for useing some library for
>>>>>> connecting to acrobat reader and giving the print command on
>>>>>> windows and some thing similar on ubuntu linux.
>>>>> Just let the registered .PDF viewer do it for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> os.start('myfile.pdf')
>>>> Eh?  I don't see os.start() it either 2.5 or 2.44
>>>> documentation, and it's sure not there in 2.4.3:
>>> My bad.  os.system()
>> 
>> That doesn't work either:
>> 
>>    $ ls -l user.pdf
>>    -rw------- 1 grante users 35640 2005-11-21 14:33 user.pdf
>>    
>>    $ python
>>    Python 2.4.3 (#1, Dec 10 2006, 22:09:09) 
>>    [GCC 3.4.6 (Gentoo 3.4.6-r1, ssp-3.4.5-1.0, pie-8.7.9)] on linux2
>>    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
>>    information.
>>    >>> import os
>>    >>> os.system('user.pdf')
>>    sh: user.pdf: command not found
>>    32512
>>    >>> 
>
> Works fine on my system.  You linux guys just have it hard.
> The op said "windows".

The posting to which you replied specified Linux.

> I can't answer for ubuntu linux but maybe you can help there?

I don't see how.  Pdf files just aren't executable.

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