Opening PDF Using subprocess.Popen Failing

[Robin Becker]

On 22/06/2015 11:33, Robin Becker wrote:
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> Naftali,
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> I ran the following from python prompt
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for what it's worth this also works on my machine

> Windows PowerShell
> Copyright (C) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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> PS C:\Users\rptlab> cd tmp
> PS C:\Users\rptlab\tmp> python
> Python 2.7.8 (default, Jun 30 2014, 16:08:48) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> import subprocess
>>>> subprocess.Popen(['C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe','/n','thello.pdf'])
> <subprocess.Popen object at 0x0000000001D853C8>
>>>>

not sure if you are using 64bits or 32bit windows, but perhaps you just need to 
specify the full path to your AcroRd32.exe.

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Robin Becker