[Tutor] finding AcroRd32.exe - a better way ?

[Dave S]

On Thursday 30 November 2006 20:50, Terry Carroll wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Dave S wrote:
> > My app generates an on the fly PDF manual by using reportlab, once
> > generated I would like it to be automatically opened and displayed by XP
> > adobe reader.
> >
> > Here's where I get stuck. ...
> >
> > os.execv('E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe',
> > ('/n', '/s', 'user.pdf'))
> >
> > Does what I need and works great but I manualy searched around to find
> > the path to AcroRd32.exe. Short of writting some code to scan any adobe
> > dirs for this exe is there a more elegant way for me to ensure my app
> > will work on any windows machine ?
>
> try this:
>
> os.startfile('user.pdf')

Neat, cool & 100% what I was looking for :):):)

Cheers 

Dave

PS

I would offer to buy you a pint - but you probably don't live near Bedford 
England !

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